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Pharoh:
^^^


Thank God it was settled in a matured way . . . . . now back to the topic and questions at hand.

It is highly necessarily to build more higher institutions in the case of Nigeria because the present capacity is not adequate enough. The strategic importance should be pushed forward for now and fixing the education system the way we wished is not going to be an easy task.

That is the way my brother. There is no point. Well if you guys feel it is a good way to go, good. But I differ in such thinking. University Education is meant to be strategic. In India, the govt developed there technical schools and focus on IT and software development, Japan did similar things back home. China did the same. They sent their best brains to USA and UK to learn what work and they return home to transfer ideas. The issue is most of the work place really do not need graduates. It is poor standard of education that made them insist a graduate yet they have to be trained and retrained. Developing basic education is not as expensive as University and it will do us better advantage. Nigerian leaders love to be seen to be doing something but we really waste a lot of money on things that wont help us in anyway. That is my argument

Ma_J_Blige:
^^^^

I have deleted the posts

Have done likewise

@ Mary J Blige

I am sorry about that really. I am. I don't expect you to agree with all I said but always want superior argument and issue discussion. Look at it as a Product of UK school, is what we are learning here really education. That is what I am driving at. I am not arguing to make a point. Just thought of enlightening youths to think the right away.

I am sorry like I said. We shouldnt be fighting ourselves. xxxxx

ok

shuo

Ma_J_Blige:
^^^^

Its better to have accessible education at all levels in Nigeria.

Johnpaul2k2:
i agree (prof.jega)
but don't worry,i wouldn't report you to G E J
stop sweating like valentine goat       

cyril10:
People here are just like to type for fun, all i have been reading concerning the new universities by those that have seem to lost touch with reality are here insulting GEJ for trying to establish universities for the good of millions of youths trying to gain admission into universities which are still very few. Let's try to be realistic here.

Fidelo726:
It is a thousand times easier to Cristicise than to criticise.
The president as clueless as you think can never satisfy the yearning of everyone.

The problem with you guys is that you have closed your eyes to realities in your blind support for a man but for good luck, could not even win a contest in UniPort. Keep groping in darkness and yet you cannot answer a simple question: THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE CREATION OF THOSE UNIVERSITIES. I now know the reason why Nigeria remains as it is today. Even the youth sees nothing bad in the rot in the system. They enjoyed the status quo. Many of them have benefited from the corrupt educational systems and yet could not imagine how what the president is doing can be wrong. All they know now is EPL and facebook and would rather engaged their minds on information on nation building. If I see anything wrong in a President's decision, then I am a critic, shei?

Fashola throughout his first administration scrapped the position of the commissioner for education and left educational sector in the purview of the deputy Sarah Sosan and we can all see the development of basic primary education.

Be sincere, how many of you who are graduates of existing universities really felt what you had was a good education. How many of your curriculum has been updated to reflect the current market need. We still have universities teaching Computer Science students Fortran, Pascal, Cobol and very outdated codes and they come out becoming irrelevant to the society. Many have to register in NIIT and APTECH to do courses relevant to the industry. What are the qualities of our undergraduate projects? Can u compare them to colleges and universities even in Malaysia? And you guys are here applauding a Zoologist who in his days in the University of POrthacourt all together from first degree till PHD can not boast of the school having a modern electron microscope for research and you think building universities is a good thing to do?

I am still waiting for u guys, THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THIS CREATION. Listen guys, you do not need to go to university to become someone in life. Many of the Chief Engrg in most Lebanese and Indian company in Nigeria are technicians and the half baked graduates  reports to them. If you guys speak like this, we as well all forget THE NEW NIGERIA PROJECT because it can never come with this generation of lazy youths that will not engage their mind in serious discussion other than the same old practise of supporting mediocrity all in the name of being politically correct. I wonder how many of you would have supported GEJ if he is not a PDP member today- a president without any single notable achievement other than luck. LET'S SEE WHETHER IT IS LUCK THAT WILL BUILD A STRONG NATION.

Ma_J_Blige:
If i am GEJ, instead of doing these beneficial projects, I will just announce one day, I have cornered all the money in CBN into my private account.

Is it not better.?

It is better cos this one he is doing is deceiving people like you. If he does that, you will know that nothing is beneficial about such post.

Johnpaul2k2:
i believe you don't have anything doing than criticizing your president,he wants to build universities in the country,your complaining. if he has been accuse of "money laundering" i wonder where your going to borrow "wide month" to crucify him.nothing is good to Nigeria

I know you cannot read between the line. I will not argue with you. You are only talking based on your limited knowledge. If anyone ask questions, he is criticizing. Na wa for you o. Read my other posts and answer the question: What strategic importance is the creation?

PStylish:
@ayubam
Bros why are you so antagonistic?
The money could have been embezzled anyways.And you wont have any idea how it went.I would rather GEJ spent money on any kind of projects whatsoever than the money got embezzled by some crazy few.
Anyone complaining about the current despicable state of our universities should know that at the right time, when there will be a revival, more universities including the ones to be created now will become superb. Hence, more excellent universities in the country.
Also, know that at no time will the cost of building or starting a university in 2011 be more than the cost of building or starting one in the nearest future.The cost will always be on the rise.

My guy you know money are embezzled using this style. No one really transfer money from govt account directly into private account. They always use this means to embezzle money. My guy what they are doing now is to settle some big wigs in those region and signing out contracts and releasing funds to win elections. This was why Ngozi Okonjoweala was moved to Ministry of Foreign affairs during OBJ govt towards 2007 elections when she refused to sign money for white elephant projects like this and the woman later resigned.

My guy, they know we do not ask questions that is y they do what they like . Your position is what our fathers took in the time past and we are suffering for it now. If projects are done without strategic importance, it cant last for generations. It would just have meant spending our tomorrow today.

Soul Search Questions

DIFFRI, where are all the projects
MAMSER, where are they?
Better LIfe for rural dwellers, where are they?
Vision 2020, how far?

These guys are just rolling money out for election. SIMPLE.

Just answer my question: OF WHAT STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE IS THE CREATION OF THOSE UNIVERSITIES. I AM NOT AN ANTAGONIST

jason123:
[/quote][quote author=Ma_J_Blige link=topic=602490.msg7704831#msg7704831 date=1297345149]Really -  

reducing spending on education?

sometimes I wonder.

I know you guys will not read in between the lines but will rather look for what you consider as loopholes on issues to support your stand. Yes reduce govt spending, it could be. What do you think the UK govt has done by increasing the school fees of universities by over 300%. I have written above about 26% of the budget going to education but you will rather close your eyes to that but will rather major on a phrase to support your arguments. Building universities at this time, OF WHAT STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE IS IT TO PDP VISION. What are they trying to achieve? How many technological Universities were created in the past yet no meaningful development from those schools to national development. FUTMINNA, FUTA, FUTO, LAUTECH, ETC mention any meaningful contribution of those institutions to our nation since their creations. They turn out graduates only to start looking for work for years and 80% end up their career in the banks. The 75% mass failure in SSCE what is GEJ doing about that. I went to a public secondary school in Ibadan (Wesley College of Science) and in my days my school will compete to the best of private secondary schools mention them Olashore, Adesoye college mention any we stand tall. The Average results in our set of over 500 students was 6As 3Cs with over 200 student with 9As and could say it confidently that cheating was not allowed. That was how it was for several schools like GCI, Queen Schools, ISI and many public schools in other states that I met in the UNI. That is not the case again.

Yet a president has vote 1.5B each for 9universities.

PLEASE OF WHAT STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE IS THE CREATION OF THESE UNIVERSITIES. LET US TALK ISSUES

bisiaet:
Oh son of man!! I think the best the fed. govt can do is to close shop, stop all govt functions, no one should go to office again, in fact they should be in hunger strike till after election may be that will satisfy so many because I realised that any move by govt to carry on their daily finctions is term as trying to win election or politically motivated. Because any country that preparing for election must not do anything again, must not even go to office, must not make any appointment again so it will not be term as politiccal move or try to win vote isinit? very funny!!!!!!


I think what we should be concern about is how the school will be funded and maintain and NOT to be thinking other way. I supported the move at least for other states to have fed. universities but the funding and maintenance is my concern.

You are only showing your naivety on issues? If they need to close shop, let them please because they have run this nation dry. Of the myriads of problems in nigeria, no right thinking nigerian will be thinking of creating new universities when the existing educational system has collapsed. What is the strategic impact this creation will have on the well being of the nation. Just 25% of secondary student passed SSCE and you are creating universities, for who? For those that could not make SSCE? The existing universities with best infrastructures in the country are turning out graduates of lesser quality compare to graduates of 1970s and you think govt in the name of running shops should create more universities. Please, I love issues and not personalities, of what strategic importance will these new universities be for the nation?

Suffix to say here that over 60- 70% of UK and USA citizens are NOT graduates but good products of various high schools and colleges? They have developed a robust educational system that made you sound right from primary to higher school education. Many of your existing graduates que behind them at various work places because of a lack of proper skilled educational system. An average graduate had to do one or two courses to be relevant in mkt places even in nigeria talkless of international appointment. This was not the case in the old days of nigeria. Our graduates went to Big Universities in the UK at least to be research assistance. And you are here supporting mediocrity.

GEJ is CLUELESS AND A FAILURE AND VOTING THIS GUY BACK TO POWER SHOWS THAT AN AVERAGE NIGERIAN IS EITHER DISHONEST OR IGNORANT YET WE THINK WE ARE SMART

When other serious nations are reducing govt spending ours are dolling out billions for kangaroo projects that will soon become abandoned. So of all the myriads of problems facing the country today, the creation of universities is the first priority of this clueless president. More so, most of them are located in the North where he needed massive support. I know apologists will soon argue those are the states without federal universities, but may I ask with due respect, how many of the indigenes of those states are interested in going to those universities. When the president made a promise of adequate power supply by 1st quarter of his tenure, if he had come to embark on energy research centres to further this, one would have thought working towards plan.

Nigerians shine your eye. How many graduates are out there looking for jobs? Mass failure in SSCE, Poor infrastructures in existing institutions, how far about the geneva convention where it was agreed that 26% of the nation's budget should be on education.

GEJ is a total failure and cannot deliver anything. Do not be deceive by generational shift. This guy should be in the ZOO doing research.

Johndoe300:
Sorry, you have become so used to the BS on this site that you seem to actually believe it. If the elections are rigged what can YOU do about it?

You still have not answered the question, do you support rigging? I think that question is clear enough. Discuss issue please and not person

Johndoe300:
Sharap my friend. If they rig, what can you do about it? Useless internet noise makers.

So, do you support rigging or what is the relevance of this post?

So Jonathan wants to waste more money establishing Federal Universities in all States of the Federation. Is that the problem with this Nation? I thought we should be concentrating on the UBE by developing the early educational system, good secondary school education and technical colleges. I am a university graduate though but it the least of Nigeria problems. The existing Universities are nothing to write about. Poor standard and people graduates without any prospects.

And some guys still feel this is the guy that should be our president. God, what is wrong with Nigerians and Nigeria. Can we be reasonable for once and stop all these nonsense called politics.

Worst still, the youth that should know better have also joined the old to discuss sentimental issues such as religion, ethnicity, good luck and other ephemeral issues. Well it is in our hands, whether we will continue to groan as a nation or come out of the woods.

udezue:
Ayubam,

PDP has no ideology. I am not a supporter of PDP but between GEJ and Jihadist Buhari, I will rather take the lesser evil.

Can u now see you are the one who is not objective in this case. You call Buhari a Jihadist and yet he has chosen to be working with his driver who is a christian for the past 10years. I think the problem about you is either the corrupt practices you have done in the past or  your corrupt tendencies are hunting you. Thus, you are afraid a man with Zero Tolerance for corruption and considered he will be too dangerous for your past and tendencies. Stop playing the religion con game. You are a real enemy of Nigeria.

The Master bombers who were alleged for independent day bombings and those drumming beat of wars have now started signing agreement with your GEJ and you are not bordered? Your era of corruption has expired and all the hooligans will be chased out of power.

When the new Nigeria is borne, we will surely extend our hands of love and forgiveness to you enemies of progress but you would have missed the opportunity of satisfying your conscience that YOU STOOD FOR THE RIGHT COURSE WHEN IT MATTERS MOST. Then, you will live with that regret forever.

ayubam:
From this post, I can see the ideology clearly stated= The Welfare of the People and steps towards achieving that clearly stated few which are Stamping out corruption, Transparency in Governance, Infrastructural program with timelines, in fact he mentioned a contract with the people.

ALL B/B HATERS AND POLITICAL SPECTATORS,

1. For the past 12 years, what can you summarize as the PDP's Ideology?
2. What is the Ideology of other Political Parties put together?

@ Udeze, Beaf and others, answer these questions.

From this post, I can see the ideology clearly stated= The Welfare of the People and steps towards achieving that clearly stated few which are Stamping out corruption, Transparency in Governance, Infrastructural program with timelines, in fact he mentioned a contract with the people.

ALL B/B HATERS AND POLITICAL SPECTATORS,

1. For the past 12 years, what can you summarize as the PDP's Ideology?
2. What is the Ideology of other Political Parties put together?

Ujujoan:
@ Ayubam

I re-read your post and I have to admit (albeit grudingly) that you have a point. Infact this is the first argument about Bakare's candidacy that makes any sense to me (including the one presented by Bakare himself).

So like you said, I'll try and keep an open mind on the B/B allaiance (even though I won't vote for them)

That is the Spirit. You are a lady of your own mind. Just be open, that is all. We are all interested in a New Nigeria. Islam and Christianity th rives in USA and they manage each other. Whites and blacks live without prejudice. YES WE CAN, WE WILL MAKE NIGERIA GREAT. SEE YOU AT THE TOP

Ujujoan:
na wa oh  . . .  see fight. All becos of B/B!

@ KJ
I know the man didn't exactly use those words, but like you said, that won't be a wrong conclusion!

@ Larimo
Me ke? Problem with Pators? Naaaah . . . Just fake ones!

Meanwhile that's an interesting peice from Sanusi. A little baised but interesting nonetheless! The man's vewis about 'Buharism' is clouded with his hero-worshipping of the man himself. He did try to hide it but could not quite manage that . . . .   somehow everything Buhari ever did wrong was 'never really his fault'. Hmmmmmn!

I think you will do well to digest Sanusi's write up. Everything is not about defending one's position. We unlearn to learn.

remimartin:
ayubam its going to take you some years to get to where i am coming from with all due respect.

I have past that stage long ago and never to descend back to where you are coming from. You do not know God. Period.

remimartin:
I am waiting for the day we all as Nigerians will wake up to the fact that religion is a way of control,be it the mind ,spirit or otherwise of individual or a collection of people.We has to stop believing most of the so called pastors that runs around in that country ,please fellow Nigerian do some research about your religion be it xtianity or islam .
Pastor chris has stoped ranting now is another Mr Bakare, people that got rich on the "blood of the masses".
I beg to deviate a bit, if either of this religion never made it through to us what would we have done with our believes?If we were not born into christian or Islamic homes what would have been our religion?Has anyone of us ever thought of that?Lets think outside the box for just a moment and see that what we believe in has gone a long way to change our perspective of things and sense of reasoning.
I will boldly tell whoever wishes to listen that what we have been told or preached is far from the truth which has been altered over centuries to back up the writer(s) motives , to control.

Meaningless.

BUHARISM: Economic Theory and Political Economy



By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

[LAGOS]

July 22,2002



I have followed with more than a little interest the many contributions of commentators on the surprising decision of General Muhammadu Buhari to jump into the murky waters of Nigerian politics. Most of the regular writers in the Trust stable have had something to say on this. The political adviser to a late general has transferred his services to a living one. My dear friend and prolific veterinary doctor, who like me is allegedly an ideologue of Fulani supremacy, has taken a leading emir to the cleaners based on information of suspect authenticity. Another friend has contributed an articulate piece, which for those in the know gives a bird’s eye view into the thinking within the IBB camp. A young northern Turk has made several interventions and given novel expressions to what I call the PTF connection. Some readers and writers alike have done Buhari incalculable damage by viewing his politics through the narrow prism of ethnicity and religion, risking the alienation of whole sections of the Nigerian polity without whose votes their candidate cannot succeed.



With one or two notable exceptions, the various positions for or against Buhari have focused on his personality and continued to reveal a certain aversion or disdain for deeper and more thorough analysis of his regime. The reality, as noted by Tolstoy, is that too often history is erroneously reduced to single individuals. By losing sight of the multiplicity of individuals, events, actions and inactions (deliberate or otherwise) that combine to produce a set of historical circumstances, the historian is able to create a mythical figure and turn him into an everlasting hero (like Lincoln) or a villain (like Hitler). The same is true of Buhari. There seems to be a dangerous trend of competition between two opposing camps aimed at glorifying him beyond his wildest dreams or demonizing him beyond all justifiable limits, through a selective reading of history and opportunistic attribution and misattribution of responsibility.



The discourse has been thus impoverished through personalization and we are no closer at the end of it than at the beginning to a divination of the exact locus or nexus of his administration in the flow of Nigerian history. This is what I seek to achieve in this intervention through an exposition of the theoretical underpinnings of the economic policy of Buharism and the necessary correlation between the economic decisions made and the concomitant legal and political superstructure.



Taxonomy

Let me begin by stating up front the principal thesis that I will propound. Within the schema of discourses on Nigerian history, the most accurate problematization of the Buhari government is one that views it strictly as a regime founded on the ideology of Bourgeois Nationalism. In this sense it was a true off-shoot of the regime of Murtala Mohammed. Buharism was a stage the logical outcome of whose machinations would have been a transcendence of what Marx called the stage of Primitive Accumulation in his Theories of Surplus Value. It was radical, not in the sense of being socialist or left wing, but in the sense of being a progressive move away from a political economy dominated by a parasitic and subservient elite to one in which a nationalist and productive class gains ascendancy. Buharism represented a two-way struggle: with Global capitalism (externally) and with its parasitic and unpatriotic agents and spokespersons (internally).



The struggle against global capital as represented by the unholy trinity of the IMF, the World Bank and multilateral “trade” organizations as well that against the entrenched domestic class of contractors, commission agents and corrupt public officers were vicious and thus required extreme measures. Draconian policies were a necessary component of this struggle for transformation and this has been the case with all such epochs in history. The Meiji restoration in Japan was not conducted in a liberal environment. The Industrial Revolution in Europe and the great economic progress of the empires were not attained in the same liberal atmosphere of the 21st Century. The “tiger economies” of Asia such as Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand are not exactly models of democratic freedom. To this extent Buharism was a despotic regime but its despotism was historically determined, necessitated by the historical task of dismantling the structures of dependency and launching the nation on to a path beyond primitive accumulation. At his best Buhari may have been a Bonaparte or a Bismarck. At his worst he may have been a Hitler or a Mussolini. In either case Buharism drawn to its logical conclusion would have provided the bedrock for a new society and its overthrow marked a relapse, a step backward into that era from which we sought escape and in which, sadly for all of us we remain embedded and enslaved. I will now proceed with an elaboration of Buharism as a manifestation of bourgeois economics and political economy.



The Economic Theory of Buharism

One of the greatest myths spun around Buharism was that it lacked a sound basis in economic theory. As evidence of this, the regime that succeeded Buhari employed the services of economic “gurus” of “international standard” as the architects of fiscal and monetary policy. These were IMF and World Bank economists like Dr. Chu Okongwu and Dr Kalu Idika Kalu, as well as Mr SAP himself, Chief Olu Falae (an economist trained at Yale). At the time Buhari’s Finance Minister, Dr Onaolapo Soleye (who was not a trained economist) was debating with the pro-IMF lobby and explaining why the naira would not be devalued I was teaching economics at the Ahmadu Bello University. I had no doubt in my mind that the position of Buharism was based on a sound understanding of neo-classical economics and that those who were pushing for devaluation either did not understand their subject or were acting deliberately as agents of international capital in its rampage against all barriers set up by sovereign states to protect the integrity of the domestic economy. I still believe some of the key economic policy experts of the IBB administration were economic saboteurs who should be tried for treason.



When the IMF recently owned up to “mistakes” in its policy prescriptions all patriotic economists saw it for what it was: A hypocritical statement of remorse after attaining set objectives. Let me explain, briefly, the economic theory underlying Buhari’s refusal to devalue the naira and then show how the policy merely served the interest of global capitalism and its domestic agents. This will be the principal building block of our taxonomy.

In brief, neo-classical theory holds that a country can, under certain conditions, expect to improve its Balance of Payments through devaluation of its currency. The IMF believed that given the pressure on the country’s foreign reserves and its adverse balance of payments situation Nigeria must devalue its currency. Buharism held otherwise and insisted that the conditions for improving Balance of Payments through devaluation did not exist and that there were alternate and superior approaches to the problem. Let me explain.



The first condition that must exist is that the price of every country’s export is denominated in its currency. If Nigeria’s exports are priced in naira and its imports from the US in dollars then, ceteris paribus, a devaluation of the naira makes imports dearer to Nigerians and makes Nigerian goods cheaper to Americans. This would then lead to an increase in the quantum of exports to the US and a reduction in the quantum of imports from there per unit of time. But while this is a necessary condition, it is not a sufficient one. For a positive change in the balance of payments the increase in the quantum of exports must be substantial enough to outweigh the revenue lost through a reduction in price. In other words the quantity exported must increase at a rate faster than the rate of decrease in its price. Similarly imports must fall faster than their price is increasing. Otherwise the nation may be devoting more of its wealth to importing less and receiving less of the wealth of foreigners for exporting more! In consequence, devaluation by a country whose exports and imports are not price elastic leads to the continued impoverishment of the nation vis a vis its trading partners. The second, and sufficient, condition is therefore that the combined price elasticity of demand for exports and imports must exceed unity.



The argument of Buharism, for which it was castigated by global capital and its domestic agents, was that these conditions did not exist clearly enough for Nigeria to take the gamble. First our major export, oil, was priced in dollars and the volume exported was determined ab initio by the quota set by OPEC, a cartel to which we belonged. Neither the price nor the volume of our exports would be affected by a devaluation of the naira. As for imports, indeed they would become dearer. However the manufacturing base depended on imported raw materials. Also many essential food items were imported. The demand for imports was therefore inelastic. We would end up spending more of our national income to import less, in the process fuelling inflation, creating excess capacity and unemployment, wiping out the production base of the real sector and causing hardship to the consumer through the erosion of real disposable incomes. Given the structural dislocations in income distribution in Nigeria the only groups who would benefit from devaluation were the rich parasites who had enough liquidity to continue with their conspicuous consumption, the large multi-national corporations with an unlimited access to loanable funds and the foreign “investor” who can now purchase our grossly cheapened and undervalued domestic assets.



In one stroke we would wipe out the middle class, destroy indigenous manufacturing, undervalue the national wealth and create inflation and unemployment. This is standard economic theory and it is exactly what happened to Nigeria after it went through the hands of our IMF economists under IBB. The decision not to devalue set Buharism on a collision course with those who wanted devaluation and would profit from it-namely global capitalism, the so-called “captains of industry” (an acronym for the errand boys of multinational corporations), the nouveaux-riches parasites who had naira and dollars waiting to be spent, the rump elements of feudalism and so on. Buharism therefore was a crisis in the dominant class, a fracturing of its members into a patriotic, nationalist group and a dependent, parasitic and corrupt one. It was not a struggle between classes but within the same class. A victory for Buharism would be a victory for the more progressive elements of the national bourgeoisie. Unfortunately the fifth columnists within the military establishment were allied to the backward and retrogressive elements and succeeded in defeating Buharism before it took firm root. But I digress.



Having decided not to devalue or to rush into privatization and liberalization Buharism still faced an economic crisis it must address. There was pressure on foreign reserves, mounting foreign debt and a Balance of Payments crisis. Clearly the demand for foreign exchange outstripped its supply. The government therefore adopted demand management measures. The basic principle was that we did not really need all that we imported and if we could ensure that our scarce foreign exchange was only allocated to what we really needed we would be able to pay our debts and lay the foundations for economic stability. But this line of action also has its drawbacks.



First, there are political costs to be borne in terms of opposition from those who feel unfairly excluded from the allocation process and who do not share the government’s sense of priorities. Muslims for example cursed Buhari’s government for restricting the number of pilgrims in order to conserve foreign exchange.



Second, in all attempts to manage demand through quotas and quantitative restrictions there is room for abuse because there is always the incentive of a premium to be earned through circumvention of due process. Import licenses become “hot cake” and the black market for foreign exchange highly lucrative. This policy can only succeed if backed by strong deterrent laws and strict and enforcible exchange rules. Again it is trite micro-economic theory that where price is fixed below equilibrium the market is only cleared through quotas and the potential exists for round tripping as there will be a minority willing and able to offer a very high price for the “artificially scarce” product. So again we see that the harsh exchange control and economic sabotage laws of Buharism were a necessary and logical fallout of its economic theory.

Conclusion



I have tried to show in this intervention what I consider to be the principal building blocks of the military government of Muhammadu Buhari and the logical connection between its ideology, its economic theory and the legal and political superstructure that characterized it. My objective is to raise the intellectual profile of discourse beyond its present focus on personalities by letting readers see the intricate links between disparate and seemingly unrelated aspects of that government, thus contextualizing the actions of Buharism in its specific historical and ideological milieu. I have tried to review its treatment of politicians as part of a general struggle against primitive accumulation and its harsh laws on exchange and economic crimes as a necessary fallout of economic policy options. Similarly its treatment of drug pushers reflected the patriotic zeal of a bourgeois nationalist establishment.



As happens in all such cases a number of innocent people become victims of draconian laws, such as a few honest leaders like Shehu Shagari and Balarabe Musa who were improperly detained. The reality however is that many of those claiming to be victims today were looters who deserved to go to jail but who would like to hide under the cover of a few glaring errors. The failure of key members of the Buhari administration to tender public and unreserved apology to those who may have been improperly detained has not helped matters in this regard.



This raises a question I have often been asked. Do I support Buhari’s decision to contest for the presidency of Nigeria? My answer is no. And I will explain.



First, I believe Buhari played a creditable role in a particular historical epoch but like Tolstoy and Marx I do not believe he can re-enact that role at will. Men do not make history exactly as they please but, as Marx wrote in the 18th Brumaire, “in circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past.” Muhammadu Buhari as a military general had more room for manoevre than he can ever hope for in Nigerian Politics.



Second, I am convinced that the situation of Nigeria and its elite today is worse than it was in 1983.Compared to the politicians who populate the PDP, ANPP and AD today, second republic politicians were angels. Buhari waged a battle against second republic politicians, but he is joining this generation. Anyone who rides a tiger ends up in its belly and one man cannot change the system from within. A number of those Buhari jailed for theft later became ministers and many of those who hold key offices in all tiers of government and the legislature were made by the very system he sought to destroy. My view is that Nigeria needs people like Buhari in politics but not to contest elections. Buhari should be in politics to develop Civil Society and strengthen the conscience of the nation. He should try to develop many Buharis who will continue to challenge the elements that have hijacked the nation.



Third, I do not think Nigerians today are ready for Buhari. Everywhere you turn you see thieves who have amassed wealth in the last four years, be they legislators, Local Government chairmen and councilors, or governors and ministers. But these are the heroes in their societies. They are the religious leaders and ethnic champions and Nigerians, especially northerners, will castigate and discredit anyone who challenges them. Unless we start by educating our people and changing their value system, people like Buhari will remain the victims of their own love for Nigeria.

Fourth, and on a lighter note, I am opposed to recycled material. In a nation of 120million people we can do better than restrict our leadership to a small group. I think Buhari, Babangida and yes Obasanjo should simply allow others try their hand instead of believing they have the monopoly of wisdom.



Having said all this let me conclude by saying that if Buhari gets a nomination he will have my vote (for what it is worth). I will vote for him not, like some have averred, because he is a northerner and a Muslim or because I think his candidacy is good for the north and Islam; I will vote for him not because I think he will make a good democrat or that he was not a dictator. I will vote for Buhari as a Nigerian for a leader who restored my pride and dignity and my belief in the motherland. I will vote for the man who made it undesirable for the “Andrews” to “check out” instead of staying to change Nigeria. I will vote for Buhari to say thank you for the world view of Buharism, a truly nationalist ideology for all Nigerians. I do not know if Buhari is still a nationalist or a closet bigot and fanatic, or if he was the spirit and not just the face of Buharism. My vote for him is not based on a divination of what he is or may be, but a celebration of what his government was and what it gave to the nation.



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@ Nsiman, Beaf, Jonhdoe, Even your Economic expert attested to it that this Buhari is the man to take us out of the wood. Knowing SLS for a man who stands by his word, GEJ has lost his vote- the Greatest Guy in his team.

BUHARI 2011. CHANGE IS HERE EVEN THE CBN GOVERNOR -SLS ATTESTED TO IT

BUHARISM: Economic Theory and Political Economy



By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

[LAGOS]

July 22,2002



I have followed with more than a little interest the many contributions of commentators on the surprising decision of General Muhammadu Buhari to jump into the murky waters of Nigerian politics. Most of the regular writers in the Trust stable have had something to say on this. The political adviser to a late general has transferred his services to a living one. My dear friend and prolific veterinary doctor, who like me is allegedly an ideologue of Fulani supremacy, has taken a leading emir to the cleaners based on information of suspect authenticity. Another friend has contributed an articulate piece, which for those in the know gives a bird’s eye view into the thinking within the IBB camp. A young northern Turk has made several interventions and given novel expressions to what I call the PTF connection. Some readers and writers alike have done Buhari incalculable damage by viewing his politics through the narrow prism of ethnicity and religion, risking the alienation of whole sections of the Nigerian polity without whose votes their candidate cannot succeed.



With one or two notable exceptions, the various positions for or against Buhari have focused on his personality and continued to reveal a certain aversion or disdain for deeper and more thorough analysis of his regime. The reality, as noted by Tolstoy, is that too often history is erroneously reduced to single individuals. By losing sight of the multiplicity of individuals, events, actions and inactions (deliberate or otherwise) that combine to produce a set of historical circumstances, the historian is able to create a mythical figure and turn him into an everlasting hero (like Lincoln) or a villain (like Hitler). The same is true of Buhari. There seems to be a dangerous trend of competition between two opposing camps aimed at glorifying him beyond his wildest dreams or demonizing him beyond all justifiable limits, through a selective reading of history and opportunistic attribution and misattribution of responsibility.



The discourse has been thus impoverished through personalization and we are no closer at the end of it than at the beginning to a divination of the exact locus or nexus of his administration in the flow of Nigerian history. This is what I seek to achieve in this intervention through an exposition of the theoretical underpinnings of the economic policy of Buharism and the necessary correlation between the economic decisions made and the concomitant legal and political superstructure.



Taxonomy

Let me begin by stating up front the principal thesis that I will propound. Within the schema of discourses on Nigerian history, the most accurate problematization of the Buhari government is one that views it strictly as a regime founded on the ideology of Bourgeois Nationalism. In this sense it was a true off-shoot of the regime of Murtala Mohammed. Buharism was a stage the logical outcome of whose machinations would have been a transcendence of what Marx called the stage of Primitive Accumulation in his Theories of Surplus Value. It was radical, not in the sense of being socialist or left wing, but in the sense of being a progressive move away from a political economy dominated by a parasitic and subservient elite to one in which a nationalist and productive class gains ascendancy. Buharism represented a two-way struggle: with Global capitalism (externally) and with its parasitic and unpatriotic agents and spokespersons (internally).



The struggle against global capital as represented by the unholy trinity of the IMF, the World Bank and multilateral “trade” organizations as well that against the entrenched domestic class of contractors, commission agents and corrupt public officers were vicious and thus required extreme measures. Draconian policies were a necessary component of this struggle for transformation and this has been the case with all such epochs in history. The Meiji restoration in Japan was not conducted in a liberal environment. The Industrial Revolution in Europe and the great economic progress of the empires were not attained in the same liberal atmosphere of the 21st Century. The “tiger economies” of Asia such as Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia and Thailand are not exactly models of democratic freedom. To this extent Buharism was a despotic regime but its despotism was historically determined, necessitated by the historical task of dismantling the structures of dependency and launching the nation on to a path beyond primitive accumulation. At his best Buhari may have been a Bonaparte or a Bismarck. At his worst he may have been a Hitler or a Mussolini. In either case Buharism drawn to its logical conclusion would have provided the bedrock for a new society and its overthrow marked a relapse, a step backward into that era from which we sought escape and in which, sadly for all of us we remain embedded and enslaved. I will now proceed with an elaboration of Buharism as a manifestation of bourgeois economics and political economy.



The Economic Theory of Buharism

One of the greatest myths spun around Buharism was that it lacked a sound basis in economic theory. As evidence of this, the regime that succeeded Buhari employed the services of economic “gurus” of “international standard” as the architects of fiscal and monetary policy. These were IMF and World Bank economists like Dr. Chu Okongwu and Dr Kalu Idika Kalu, as well as Mr SAP himself, Chief Olu Falae (an economist trained at Yale). At the time Buhari’s Finance Minister, Dr Onaolapo Soleye (who was not a trained economist) was debating with the pro-IMF lobby and explaining why the naira would not be devalued I was teaching economics at the Ahmadu Bello University. I had no doubt in my mind that the position of Buharism was based on a sound understanding of neo-classical economics and that those who were pushing for devaluation either did not understand their subject or were acting deliberately as agents of international capital in its rampage against all barriers set up by sovereign states to protect the integrity of the domestic economy. I still believe some of the key economic policy experts of the IBB administration were economic saboteurs who should be tried for treason.



When the IMF recently owned up to “mistakes” in its policy prescriptions all patriotic economists saw it for what it was: A hypocritical statement of remorse after attaining set objectives. Let me explain, briefly, the economic theory underlying Buhari’s refusal to devalue the naira and then show how the policy merely served the interest of global capitalism and its domestic agents. This will be the principal building block of our taxonomy.

In brief, neo-classical theory holds that a country can, under certain conditions, expect to improve its Balance of Payments through devaluation of its currency. The IMF believed that given the pressure on the country’s foreign reserves and its adverse balance of payments situation Nigeria must devalue its currency. Buharism held otherwise and insisted that the conditions for improving Balance of Payments through devaluation did not exist and that there were alternate and superior approaches to the problem. Let me explain.



The first condition that must exist is that the price of every country’s export is denominated in its currency. If Nigeria’s exports are priced in naira and its imports from the US in dollars then, ceteris paribus, a devaluation of the naira makes imports dearer to Nigerians and makes Nigerian goods cheaper to Americans. This would then lead to an increase in the quantum of exports to the US and a reduction in the quantum of imports from there per unit of time. But while this is a necessary condition, it is not a sufficient one. For a positive change in the balance of payments the increase in the quantum of exports must be substantial enough to outweigh the revenue lost through a reduction in price. In other words the quantity exported must increase at a rate faster than the rate of decrease in its price. Similarly imports must fall faster than their price is increasing. Otherwise the nation may be devoting more of its wealth to importing less and receiving less of the wealth of foreigners for exporting more! In consequence, devaluation by a country whose exports and imports are not price elastic leads to the continued impoverishment of the nation vis a vis its trading partners. The second, and sufficient, condition is therefore that the combined price elasticity of demand for exports and imports must exceed unity.



The argument of Buharism, for which it was castigated by global capital and its domestic agents, was that these conditions did not exist clearly enough for Nigeria to take the gamble. First our major export, oil, was priced in dollars and the volume exported was determined ab initio by the quota set by OPEC, a cartel to which we belonged. Neither the price nor the volume of our exports would be affected by a devaluation of the naira. As for imports, indeed they would become dearer. However the manufacturing base depended on imported raw materials. Also many essential food items were imported. The demand for imports was therefore inelastic. We would end up spending more of our national income to import less, in the process fuelling inflation, creating excess capacity and unemployment, wiping out the production base of the real sector and causing hardship to the consumer through the erosion of real disposable incomes. Given the structural dislocations in income distribution in Nigeria the only groups who would benefit from devaluation were the rich parasites who had enough liquidity to continue with their conspicuous consumption, the large multi-national corporations with an unlimited access to loanable funds and the foreign “investor” who can now purchase our grossly cheapened and undervalued domestic assets.



In one stroke we would wipe out the middle class, destroy indigenous manufacturing, undervalue the national wealth and create inflation and unemployment. This is standard economic theory and it is exactly what happened to Nigeria after it went through the hands of our IMF economists under IBB. The decision not to devalue set Buharism on a collision course with those who wanted devaluation and would profit from it-namely global capitalism, the so-called “captains of industry” (an acronym for the errand boys of multinational corporations), the nouveaux-riches parasites who had naira and dollars waiting to be spent, the rump elements of feudalism and so on. Buharism therefore was a crisis in the dominant class, a fracturing of its members into a patriotic, nationalist group and a dependent, parasitic and corrupt one. It was not a struggle between classes but within the same class. A victory for Buharism would be a victory for the more progressive elements of the national bourgeoisie. Unfortunately the fifth columnists within the military establishment were allied to the backward and retrogressive elements and succeeded in defeating Buharism before it took firm root. But I digress.



Having decided not to devalue or to rush into privatization and liberalization Buharism still faced an economic crisis it must address. There was pressure on foreign reserves, mounting foreign debt and a Balance of Payments crisis. Clearly the demand for foreign exchange outstripped its supply. The government therefore adopted demand management measures. The basic principle was that we did not really need all that we imported and if we could ensure that our scarce foreign exchange was only allocated to what we really needed we would be able to pay our debts and lay the foundations for economic stability. But this line of action also has its drawbacks.



First, there are political costs to be borne in terms of opposition from those who feel unfairly excluded from the allocation process and who do not share the government’s sense of priorities. Muslims for example cursed Buhari’s government for restricting the number of pilgrims in order to conserve foreign exchange.



Second, in all attempts to manage demand through quotas and quantitative restrictions there is room for abuse because there is always the incentive of a premium to be earned through circumvention of due process. Import licenses become “hot cake” and the black market for foreign exchange highly lucrative. This policy can only succeed if backed by strong deterrent laws and strict and enforcible exchange rules. Again it is trite micro-economic theory that where price is fixed below equilibrium the market is only cleared through quotas and the potential exists for round tripping as there will be a minority willing and able to offer a very high price for the “artificially scarce” product. So again we see that the harsh exchange control and economic sabotage laws of Buharism were a necessary and logical fallout of its economic theory.

Conclusion



I have tried to show in this intervention what I consider to be the principal building blocks of the military government of Muhammadu Buhari and the logical connection between its ideology, its economic theory and the legal and political superstructure that characterized it. My objective is to raise the intellectual profile of discourse beyond its present focus on personalities by letting readers see the intricate links between disparate and seemingly unrelated aspects of that government, thus contextualizing the actions of Buharism in its specific historical and ideological milieu. I have tried to review its treatment of politicians as part of a general struggle against primitive accumulation and its harsh laws on exchange and economic crimes as a necessary fallout of economic policy options. Similarly its treatment of drug pushers reflected the patriotic zeal of a bourgeois nationalist establishment.



As happens in all such cases a number of innocent people become victims of draconian laws, such as a few honest leaders like Shehu Shagari and Balarabe Musa who were improperly detained. The reality however is that many of those claiming to be victims today were looters who deserved to go to jail but who would like to hide under the cover of a few glaring errors. The failure of key members of the Buhari administration to tender public and unreserved apology to those who may have been improperly detained has not helped matters in this regard.



This raises a question I have often been asked. Do I support Buhari’s decision to contest for the presidency of Nigeria? My answer is no. And I will explain.



First, I believe Buhari played a creditable role in a particular historical epoch but like Tolstoy and Marx I do not believe he can re-enact that role at will. Men do not make history exactly as they please but, as Marx wrote in the 18th Brumaire, “in circumstances directly encountered, given and transmitted from the past.” Muhammadu Buhari as a military general had more room for manoevre than he can ever hope for in Nigerian Politics.



Second, I am convinced that the situation of Nigeria and its elite today is worse than it was in 1983.Compared to the politicians who populate the PDP, ANPP and AD today, second republic politicians were angels. Buhari waged a battle against second republic politicians, but he is joining this generation. Anyone who rides a tiger ends up in its belly and one man cannot change the system from within. A number of those Buhari jailed for theft later became ministers and many of those who hold key offices in all tiers of government and the legislature were made by the very system he sought to destroy. My view is that Nigeria needs people like Buhari in politics but not to contest elections. Buhari should be in politics to develop Civil Society and strengthen the conscience of the nation. He should try to develop many Buharis who will continue to challenge the elements that have hijacked the nation.



Third, I do not think Nigerians today are ready for Buhari. Everywhere you turn you see thieves who have amassed wealth in the last four years, be they legislators, Local Government chairmen and councilors, or governors and ministers. But these are the heroes in their societies. They are the religious leaders and ethnic champions and Nigerians, especially northerners, will castigate and discredit anyone who challenges them. Unless we start by educating our people and changing their value system, people like Buhari will remain the victims of their own love for Nigeria.

Fourth, and on a lighter note, I am opposed to recycled material. In a nation of 120million people we can do better than restrict our leadership to a small group. I think Buhari, Babangida and yes Obasanjo should simply allow others try their hand instead of believing they have the monopoly of wisdom.



Having said all this let me conclude by saying that if Buhari gets a nomination he will have my vote (for what it is worth). I will vote for him not, like some have averred, because he is a northerner and a Muslim or because I think his candidacy is good for the north and Islam; I will vote for him not because I think he will make a good democrat or that he was not a dictator. I will vote for Buhari as a Nigerian for a leader who restored my pride and dignity and my belief in the motherland. I will vote for the man who made it undesirable for the “Andrews” to “check out” instead of staying to change Nigeria. I will vote for Buhari to say thank you for the world view of Buharism, a truly nationalist ideology for all Nigerians. I do not know if Buhari is still a nationalist or a closet bigot and fanatic, or if he was the spirit and not just the face of Buharism. My vote for him is not based on a divination of what he is or may be, but a celebration of what his government was and what it gave to the nation.



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Ujujoan:
It's one thing to be a Christian-political force known for activism and another to camp with a political scoundrel in the name of change!

Is the implication of his joint candidacy with Buhari not clear to you?

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but buy agreeing to run with Buhari, he's endorsing his candidacy . .  one that will most likely promote Sharian law . .  one that will most likely tilt towards dictatorship . .  one he was claimed was not ordained by God!   Like I said, correct me if I'm wrong!

I'm not completely against him contesting, but he's selling his soul to the Devil for a pot of porridge (for want of a better explanation)!  

SNG could have been a political party of it's own and he would gain support from people who believe in what he believes in . .  people who are truly out to save the country!

But apparently, he doesn't think it's strong enough to make an impact. Does he not trust God  

Is that what he told you guys in church? That God wants to use him to convert Buhari    

Because in the end that's what really counts . . . Salvation for all!


Absolutely!

My sister correct me if I am wrong, everything you know about Buhari being a Sharia Fanatics is what you were told.  When he was the military head of state, his vice Idiagbon was a muslim, he never pushed for sharia. All he needed to do then was just a decree, but he did not do it. He was a Governor, a president, GOC, PTF chairman and worked with both xtians and muslims without any record of victimising anyone based on religion sentinments.

Remember, Lamido Sanusi was accused of Islamizing Nigerian banks. All these ploys are basically lies to dent the image of a man like Buhari and anyone committed to do right things without maintaining the status quo.

Like you said, Bakare should have contested on his own using SNG platform but enough has been said that God can call his Children to be deputy to even an herbalist in Government but when the Chips are down, God will be glorify and all will see. God is not necessarily glorified by his son being president. He is when his will is done.

The wisdom of God is too much. BAKARE becomes a liar when he can only be accused of stealing public funds- God forbid. He has repeated it for years that his destiny and that of Nigeria are intertwined. He did not deceive people to enter politics. Life is in Phases and Church is not a building where people gather weekly to sing and pray. Church purpose is to affect the nations,

Ujujoan:
Why don't you save your fanatical gospel for someone who'll be impressed    

You see Bakare as a hero and a well accomplished pastor . . .  I don't! If that makes me any less of a 'noble lady' then so be it!

Honestly, I don't think you modern day Pentecostals know what Christianity is all about . . . when I think about you guys, I remember the scripture . . . 'they worship me with their lips but their hearts are far from me'  

I'm sorry, but for a 'pastor' to pitch tent with a known sharian activity, claiming he was sent by God . . .  is just a little bit too low for even someone like Bakare! There is no connection (whatsoever) b/w light and darkness. A man he publicly declared was part of the 'old' generation has suddenly become the hero appointed by God himself!

I stand to be corrected of course . . . We'll all be alive and see what will come out of his political ambition!    

I actually did not call you ignoble because you did not believe in what Bakare is doing, it was your manner of abusive words which I think no matter how intense an argument is, you should be calm to address issue and not person. We all learn and I can learn from you.

To your points- I can see you are a christian and knowledgeable about the scripture. Joseph was a deputy to Pharao, a king who worship Idols all the days of  his lives. Daniel and the hebrew boys were ministers in Babylon where the king served idols? When the Israelites were in slavery and suffering, God promoted Esther to be the wife of a king who does not worship Jehovah just save the israelites from destruction that could have befell them.

Peter had a dream to eat what he has known by the law of jehovah to be common and he refused and the same God told him not to call what he has sanctified as common.

My sister, if I am an ED in a bank and my MD is a Muslim, will that be fellowship with darkness?

Let me tell you what I know from the scripture, anytime the people of God (not necessarily christians) are in oppression, God usually promote one of His that serves him, but such person must be devoted to him and have a proven Character into government. He may just be there doing nothing as people can think but God will send a dream to a unbelieving King, that will trouble the king without solution. Then, the wisdom of God will now be made manifest in Government when his own  provides the needed solution. Note that from the scripture, the Kings may necessarily not convert to serve Jehovah but they will acknowledge God and the people of God will reap the benefits.

That could be why God is taking him to Government. I recommend if you will, LISTEN TO HIS MESSAGE ON THE LEADERSHIP STYLE OF JOSEPH,, he pointed out how Joseph used resource control and true federalism solved the famine problems in Egypt and when the Famine came, Israel the people of God had to go to egypt for help. God did not answer their prayers by raining food. The provision was in Egypt, and they had to go there.

As per Buhari, Do you remember the King who took Sarah to his bed because Abraham lied that sarah was his sister. When God appeared to him, that he is a dead man the king answered and said, "Will you also slay a righteous man, seeing that I did this in the integrity of my heart". Note that God did not argue that he was a righteous man, he said "I myself restrained you from sinning because of your integrity"

God can restrain a Sharian or Herbalist with Integrity. A Worshipper of him like Saul could not be restrained because of lack of integrity. I have taken time to explain this things to you.

If Buhari/Bakare looses, it has not confirmed that God has not spoken. It has only confirmed that we do not want integrity but will rather vote for corruption, lies and decadence in our society.

I advise you to be opened. Consider the misrule of the past. Remember the bad roads. Mass failure in WAEC, Inflation etc.

ABOVE ALL, LET US UPHOLD BAKARE IN PRAYERS THAT HE WILL BE A GOOD AMBASSADOR OF CHRIST IN GOVERNMENT. ELSE WE ALL WILL BE HYPOCRITES IF NIGERIA POLITICS IS SO DIRTY THAT THE GRACE OF JESUS CANNOT SUSTAIN ANYONE THERE.

Nsiman:
@ ayubam, was that frm u or sm1 used your box to post that? U always say gej associates with the likes of obj, atiku, ibb etc so he's not worth in the presidency now u are saying smthing paradoxical

@ Nsima, sure it is from me. I suppose every man here is matured enough to understand statement within context. I never knew we have to spoon-feed you to understand that associating with people and partaking in their corrupt activities are two different things.

What one thing as the rule of GEJ and PDP for the past 12yrs done for you. Is there a ray hope with all the economic indices glaring showing? I won't join issue with you on this. Just think whether and decide who to vote for.

If you have studied well my post I have enumerated reasons why Buhari deserved to be given chance but you have never for one day tell us the reason why GEJ should be president. The only thing you have maintained was how Buhari will Islamize Nigeria. Now that he has chosen a Pastor to be running mate, the pastor is a fake pastor? Good work but know that what you do not learn under righteous authority, you will learn under unrighteous authority

Ujujoan:
So Bakare's your hero? Good for you . . .  but somehow, I'm not impressed with a wanna be Pastor/Politician!

I'm quite comfortable with my 'unaccomplished' life . . . so comfortable infact that I would rather not tow his line and lie in God's name just to curry political favors!

Ndi amu ma ugha (fake prophets) full everywhere na and they are all considered to be 'accomplished' by the likes of you . .  not me sir!    

I would rather have kept quite on this post but compelled to let you know that this guy rose from zero to hero. He was a graduate of UNILAG where he studied Law. While in school, he was a devoted christian and took part in SUG activities. He left school and worked with Gani Fawehinmi, Chief Rotimi Williams and distinguished himself as a brilliant lawyer. He went into private Practice and form a chamber. While working in various chamber, he contributed to his church service as Legal Adviser to Deeper life where he was before he joined redeemed.

He made his money as a lawyer and was already a millionaire while Pastoring Redeemed Christian Church of God without collecting salary. He is the first model Parish pastor today and groom several brilliant pastors such as Tony Rapu, and others doing well in the society today and in ministries. He has coached many to realise their dreams in life without taking advantage of them.

When He started latter rain assembly, no one gave him a chance. It raise arguments the same way you guys are doing today. He laboured in the vineyard faithfully and God increased him in the nation and abroad without building empire of branches cos he was convinced not to do so.

He does not live on church. He has his business. He has thought in many leadership training within and outside the nation and through him others have been enlightened to realise their destiny, pursue it and to fulfill it.

If you can bury you pride and arrogance, mere studying the life of this man can turn your misery into enlightenment. You will understand several stages God want to take you through in life. Your eyes will be so open that you wont have time to be abusing others. You will be so busy with purpose instead of allowing your immature and uninformed emotion dabbled into things you do not understand.

YOU WILL BE A NOBLE LADY. WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH YOU WILL SPEAK WISDOM. GUTTER LANGUAGES WILL BE SO IRRITATING TO YOU SUCH THAT NO MATTER WHO OFFENDS YOU, YOU WILL BE SO DIGNIFIED TO USE SUCH WORDS.

That is the man Bakare. There is nothing you say from today to eternity that can reduce him. HE IS A GREAT MAN WHO HAS UPHELD TRUTH BOTH IN PULPIT AND AT WORK PLACES,

Calm down and ask yourself the following questions;

Do I know why I am born- your purpose?
Am I doing anything consciously to identify or achieve my purpose (If you have discovered it)
What I am typing at the moment, how will it help me achieve my purpose in life?

By the time you honestly answer those questions, you will know surely your life worths more than what you are doing at the Moment

Nsiman:
@ jacobs123, , tunde bakare will find his way out of the country, can u then say he is patriotic to his fatherland?

Read statement within context, Don't be an accuser always

Uyi Iredia:
You have heeded the call >>> now you must feel the heat

IF YOU CAN STAND THE MUD, YOU WILL SEE THE GLORY,

One good thing is this, the man has not brought disrepute to the name of God still. The call comes with persecutions, denial, hatred, enmity, insults etc.

Was Jesus not accused of selfish ambition?
Was he not accused of associating with tax collectors and adulterous woman?
Did he take up religious leaders in his days and political leaders?
Was there a sign dat his message will grow after his death when the apostles left for their various businesses?
Do you think Jesus would have won election in those even when Peter and others left him?

Is Jesus glorified today?

IF YOU CAN STAND THE MUD YOU WILL SEE THE GLORY///////////////

THIS IS PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY, THE FINEST DAYS OF THE CHURCH ARE HERE ,

LORD LET YOU KINGDOM COME

Ujujoan:
^^^ You must be pretty dumb not to have figured out what was fuuny in his post! Either dumb, or blind or living in denial!

I won't descend so low to engage you in these gutter language of yours. My advice for you is that as a female and a young one for that matter, learn how to speak noble words in the public so that you can always be relevant in the public. Or are Pasuma and Obesere girls. I suppose this is a forum for intellectual young guys with focus to bear their minds on critical issues that could make our envt a better place.

Bakare at least is more successful than u are now at your age? THINK,