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Sibabasibaba1:
Another oft bandied lie of these Buharistans is that Buhari Ekwueme was jailed for corruption. Ekwueme was the first politician to be picked up by Buhai boys on the day of the Buhari coup-31 Dec 1983. Nothing incriminating was found on the guy. So, to incriminate him, Buhari sold a lie to Nigerians that $56,000 was found in Ekwueme's house. Till today, nobody apart from Buhari and perhaps, Idiagbon, his 2iC, saw that money. Other accused politicians were tried in the military tribunal and jailed. But Ekwueme was neither taken to a tribunal nor a court--not even a kangaroo one. For 20 months the man was jailed without trial. Later, a panel set up by IBB headed by Justice Uwaifo investigated Ekwueme and returned a verdict that politics made Ekwueme even poorer. He praised Ekwueme for his forthrightness. Till today, Ekwueme has never been found guilty of any crime in his days as Vice President.

Yet, these Buharistans keep passing off this gross abuse of fundamental human rights as an achievement. Too bad!

They say Buhari can never allow corruption to fester. Now, I grew up in the old Imo State. I was small chap when Buhari came on board. Before Buhari's coup, Sam Mbakwe was the governor of the (old) Imo State, comprising present day Imo and Abia as well as the Afikpo axis of Ebonyi. Mbakwe was everything any state would desire as a governor. He set out to industrialize Imo. The infrastructure his government built in the old Imo has yet to be rivaled. He established Imo State University immediately he became governor. The university, along with the then Bendel State University (now Ambrose Alli University) and Lagos State university were the first set of state universities in Nigeria. They were all established in the same year. So, Mbakwe did well by all standards.

Buhari's government appointed Ike Nwachukwu the military governor of Imo State. Ike Nwachukwu (meanwhile Nwachukwu's mother comes from Buhari's Kastina State), under Buhari, set Imo State back just like Buhari set Nigeria back. It was as if he was out to undo all that Mbakwe did. He appointed his cronies the heads of the industries Mbakwe built or maintained. Thence commenced the gradual degeneration of Imo. Worse still, Nwachukwu's government forced civil servants, teachers, students and pupils in the state to pay what was called SURVIVAL LEVY. I was in primary three then and I remember I paid N12. Yes, N12. It was a relatively big money then. Remember, in all the great things Mbakwe did in Imo, the people were never levied. That money was looted as till today, nobody can point to what Ike Nwachukwu's government did with that survival levy. Yet, Buhari did not see that as corruption. But his followers tell us that he loathes corruption.


That is why you can never win me over with Buhari will fight corruption bla bla bla. What is even corruption? Corruption, according to the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary is "dishonest or illegal behavior, especially by people in authority". This shows that corruption goes beyond looting of government treasury or embezzlement of public funds. It includes any illegal behaviour. Going by this definition, coup plotting is a crime by Nigerian law. Thus, it is an illegal act. It is corruption and nothing more pretentious. Thus, Buhari, a confirmed coup plotter and human rights abuser, the man who promulgated the decrees 2 and 4 of 1984 to jail journalists who report the corrupt activities of his regime, is CORRUPT. Enough of Buhari's hypocrisy.


Fellow Nigerians, corruption cannot fight corruption.

Very analytical

Janjäweeds scampering for safety

berem:
Buhari's government is
revered for its ability to keep the country afloat
by making progress through sheer economic
ingenuity even when it rejected IMF loan and
refused to adopt IMF conditionalities to devalue
the Naira.[17] His government is praised for its
gain in reducing inflation by refusing to
devalue the nation's currency, the Nigerian
Naira, curbing imports of needless goods,
curtailing oil theft and using counter trade
policy to barter seized illegally bunkered crude
oil for needful goods like machineries, enabling
it to export above its OPEC quota.....

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari

And you are using Wikipaedia as a credible source?

datolee:
I think I will have to explain again, This is not my words but the of DMO

By 1985 the debt profile had deteriorated seriously due to persistent inability of the country to meet its external debt service obligations. This resulted in mounting arrears and unmanageable growth of the debt stock relative to available resources. The external debt stock, which was about US$8.855 billion in 1980, grew to nearly US$19 billion by 1985.

...And by the period Shagari left office in 1983, Nigeria was indebted to $14,130.7 million (CBN Annual Report, 1988). Also, under Buhari government; in spite of the fact that the Buhari administration serviced her foreign debts more than other regimes, the IMF, acting through the US blocked the loan application of $1.6 billion which the government of made to Saudi Arabia in February 1984. This yet compelled Buhari’s government to start negotiations with IMF in late February 1984. But after series of discussions, the government publicly criticized the IMF around mid-1985 suggesting a deadlock over possibility of assessing IMF loan (Banguna, 1987). And by the period Buhari left office, Nigeria owed $18,034.1milllion (CBN, op cit). This from http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jpl/article/viewFile/670/647 citing CBN annual report.

At first, I didn't read the yahoo group link, I just had a look now and it's still the same lies. I will ask you an honest, Do you in your heart think that Warri refinery was initiated, planned and built within one year (1977 to 1978)?

I think if you had read my link to NNPC http://www.nnpcgroup.com/nnpcbusiness/subsidiaries/krpc.aspx you will know that while work started at Warri refinery, that of Kaduna was delayed pending when consumption of petroleum products justifies it.

We must first distinguish between initiating a project and commissioning a project.

NNA SEE DECIMATION

datolee:
You got it all wrong.. the figure i quoted wasn't reserve.. it was total debt at the end of Shagari Administration which you claimed that Buhari cleared with few days. Nothing in my write up made mention of reserve so I don't know where you go it from. I repeat, read properly, nobody ever made mention of reserve.

The two key question for you are

1. Did Buhari, as you said, cleared Nigeria debt within few day of coming to power? do you you still stand by that after reading the link to the debt management office?

2. Do you still stand by your "fact" that Buhari initiated the construction of Warri and Kaduna refineries after reading the extract fron NNPC website?

You are an intelligent guy and I expect a good reference from you

(Regarding no 3 and 4, I only highlighted them to show that Buhari wasn't the Messiah who saved the economy from total collapse.. other than that, I had no further argument)

SUCKER PUNCH

datolee:
5) Number 5 and 6 will be discussed when it comes to the corruption in GMB regime.

Petroleum infrastructure



Thankfully, they have changed the lie from GMB building two refineries as head of state in 20 months to signing the contract as NNPC chairman. However, keep a close eye to the lie (bolded) of barcanista and other Buhari supporters “initiated”.

It is on record that GMB initiated nothing, he only signed contract as NNPC chairman as the decision to build the 2 refineries was initiated in 1974 when Buhari was nowhere in the government. Here is extracts from NNPC website:

“REFINERY PROJECT DECISION
The decision to construct the third Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) refinery in Kaduna was taken in 1974 along with that of the second NNPC refinery located at Warri. However, it was decided that work would commence on the construction of the third refinery whenever the projection of the consumption of petroleum products justifies it.
By early 1975, in view of the fuel shortages experienced then, the Federal Government decided that work on the third refinery should be advanced. It was envisaged that the refinery was to be a simple hydro skimming type refinery in order to meet up with the fuel demand then”
http://www.nnpcgroup.com/nnpcbusiness/subsidiaries/krpc.aspx

Conclusion
Buhari neither cleared Nigeria’s debt nor initiated any refinery in Nigeria.

Part 2 will be: what happened between Buhari, IMF, Paris club and Saudi Arabia loan plus the selective fight against corruption by Buhari.. coming soon

BUSTED AGAIN!!!

datolee:
I have watched with great sadness how Gen. Buhari supporters propagate outright lies (not propaganda) to deceive the Nigerian masses. For the sake of heaven, if you have to campaign, do so based on fact not lies. I have always said and keep saying that GMB had nothing good to offer as head of state neither will he have anything to offer as democratic elected president (Wonder his sudden love for democracy when he used Military coup to dethrone a democratically elected government). This piece is to put the record straight on many lies of Barcanista, the Nairaland APC and GMB spokesperson. Here is the link https://www.nairaland.com/1882714/buhari-1983-1985-vs-jonathan-2010-present
I will only take two (Economy and petroleum infrastructure) for now

Economy


There can never be any more lie than this and it’s shameful that Nigerian youths have swallowed this greatest lie of this century hook, line and sinker. Before I present my facts, the first question we must ask is this, was the Nigeria total loan and debt during the Shagari regime a mare $50 million? The answer is no, the Nigeria debt profile by the time Shagari left office was $14 billion according to CBN aanual report 1988 as reported here http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jpl/article/viewFile/670/647

By the time Buhari left office in 1985, the debt has risen to $19 billion as reported by the Nigeria debt management office http://www.dmo.gov.ng/ardrnigeriaexternalanddomesticdebt.php Here is what the DMO had to say “By 1985 the debt profile had deteriorated seriously due to persistent inability of the country to meet its external debt service obligations. This resulted in mounting arrears and unmanageable growth of the debt stock relative to available resources. The external debt stock, which was about US$8.855 billion in 1980, grew to nearly US$19 billion by 1985”
The question we must ask therefore, which loan did GMB paid for that made Nigeria debt free? If Nigeria wasn't debt free under Buhari, why the lie?


While this is true, it must be said that in the year 1984 when he had a full 1 year, inflation went from 22.2% to 40.9%


Lets take some perspective from here, Nigeria’s GDP per capita in 1980 was $849.87, by 1983 it was $428.13 however, by the time GMB left office, it was $330.98. But since we are doing Nigeria's GDP by Purchasing Power Parity, by 1980 it was 785.60, by 1985 it was 764.36 (1983 = 719.77, 1984 = 693.36 and 1985 = 764.36)


I don’t know how this is being hyped up as his achievement, however, the refusal to devalue the Naira was started by Shagari Government. If this is achievement, the Government of GEJ also halted the devaluation of Naira

BUSTED!!!

I hereby recommend you for the Rank of Professor in the Nairaland Institute of Political and Strategic Studies ( NIPSS)

arewafederation:
Keep it up.

K

arewafederation:
Well done!

And so?

PedroJP:
To where ? Does it mean the bokos are invincible ?


They can be defeated without much stress from d Army. Our problem is dat both Mr A and Mr B are somehow gaining (or rather say scoring points) from their activities

Only but the truth.

This where you need Chino for pictoral evidence

barcanista:
NIGERIA'S PRESSING NEED:
1. Corruption

2. Boko-Haram/Insecurity

3. Unemployment

PRESIDENT JONATHAN'S PRESSING NEED:
1. Hon. Aminu Tambawal

2. APC

3. PDP

4. Travel To Mali to Say "Hello" to one Military Guy

5. New N100 Note.


Indeed, the President have no clue

Which Mali

No fewer than 49 million Nigerians still defecate openly, a UNICEF Water Sanitation and Hygiene Specialist, Mr. Bisi Agberemi, has said, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Agberemi said this at the ongoing two-day National Stakeholders Workshop on “Roadmap for Ending Open Defecation” in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that the Federal Government must speed up efforts to eliminate open defecation in the country, adding that open defecation remained the leading cause of preventable child deaths. He added that only 64 per cent of the world’s population had access to improved sanitation, stressing that it was sad to note that Nigeria was still among the top 10 countries practising open defecation. Agberemi quoted the 2013 National Demographic Health Survey, which shows that only 28.7 Nigerians have access to basic sanitation facilities. This, he said, needed to be scaled-up through continued sustainability of practices, such as hand washing, to achieve an open defecation-free Nigeria. He, however, called for the review of obsolete public health laws and implementation of policies to meet the 2025 target. The specialist also called for increased funding of sanitation issues, saying that awareness should be promoted at all levels of government. “We must all work together to advocate for the harmonisation of sanitation policies and cultivate the attitude of cleanliness at all times,” he said. WaterAid’s Country Representative, Dr. Micheal Ojo, said cycle of illnesses still persisted in communities lacking sanitation facilities. He said that access to safe water and secured toilets were necessary for all, saying that “defecating in the open is like we are infecting ourselves.” “In communities where there is open defecation, there are diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera and gastroenteritis, killing children under five years,” he explained. Ojo said open defecation was still causing Nigeria to lose millions of naira annually, saying the issue needed to be dealt with in order to secure the nation’s future. He stressed the need to have a national road map, which would also involve state governments to address the issue before 2025. The Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe, represented by the Director, Research and Planning in the ministry, Mr. Adamu Wakil, reiterated Federal Government’s efforts toward eliminating open defecation. Ochekpe said that government had been implementing the community- led total sanitation project to make Nigeria open defecation-free. She said the approach was targeted at changing the attitude of people in the communities on hygiene and sanitation practices and that the government had been recording positive results. The minister added that “for Nigerians to favourably compete on the global arena, it is necessary to imbibe the culture and practice of safe sanitation and hygiene.” The UN had launched a campaign for access to basic sanitation at the commemoration of the World Water Day. The campaign, aimed at ending open defecation by 2025, calls on governments, civil society organisations, businesses and international organisations to take action to ensure that people have access to sanitised environments.http://www.punchng.com/news/49-million-nigerians-still-defecate-openly/

Contrary to speculations that the national electronic identity (eID) card,
currently being issued by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) is fraught with security breaches, the commission has said it would instead give the cards, and card bearers international recognition and acceptance, since the cards also function as payment cards.
Director-General of NIMC, Chris Onyemenam, who made the clarification in a chat with THISDAY in Paris, France, at the ongoing Cartes Secure Connexion conference, described the speculations as false, insisting that the card bearers will enjoy international recognition since MasterCard is a global brand with integrity and acceptability across the globe. Citing poor perception image of Nigeria in the eyes of international communities, and the rejection of most credit cards from Nigeria by international merchants, Onyemanam
explained that the MasterCard's logo positioned at the back of the identity card, was strategic to help the card and its bearers gain respect and acceptance globally.
"The introduction of MasterCard's logo on the national eID card is an advancement in technology on the part of NIMC in ensuring that the country's identity card is recognised locally and globally as payment card, aside being an identity card, and for this singular reason, other countries are seeking audience with Nigeria to study the authenticity and technicalities of the Nigerian national identity card," Onyemenam said. Reacting to speculations that the introduction of MasterCard's logo constitutes national breach, since part of the in-built technologies of the card are controlled by MasterCard, thus exposing the database of Nigeria to a foreign company, Onyemenam said the card contains 13 applets, which are security features, and that MasterCard, a technology company, controls only one of the security features, which is the personal identity number (PIN) authentication in facilitating financial transactions on
the card. He said MasterCard does not know the personal details of the cardholder, since such details and other vital technology details are embedded in other security compartments that are not accessible to MasterCard. He clarified: "MasterCard does not have and will never have access to other information in the card, which leaves it with no control over the card."
Division President, sub-Saharan Africa for MasterCard, Daniel Monehin, had also faulted the speculations that MasterCard has full control of Nigeria's national identity card system. According to him, MasterCard is not a credit company, and not an identity company, but a technology company that is facilitating authenticity in every financial transaction carried out on the card. Speaking on the security features of the card, Onyemenem said, NIMC has gone ahead to implement its own Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), which
means that digital certificates and keys issued for each cardholder are not sent offshore for signing, but are signed internally at NIMC headquarter, as Nigeria now has its own Registration Authority (RA) and Country Signing Certificate of Authority (CSCA).
With these infrastructure on ground, Onyemenam said, NIMC would commence issuance of the national electronic identity cards across the 36 states of the federation, from next week.http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/mastercards-logo-on-national-eid-card-will-enhance-nigerias-poor-global-perception/193295/

By Tobi Soniyi and Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja As concern mounts over the nefarious activities of the outlawed Boko Haram sect in the North-east, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded the resignation of all senior political office holders from the region serving in the President Goodluck Jonathan administration over the lack of decisive action to end the raging conflict. It also called on the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh, whose hometown, Vintim, was among those overrun by the insurgents to relinquish his position and allow another person to prosecute the war against the terrorists. The party warned of looming genocide if the insurgency is not checked. The demands by the opposition party were made on Wednesday in Abuja by the APC National Vice-
Chairman, North-east, Babachir David Lawal, when he addressed journalists on the looming humanitarian crisis in his home state, Adamawa. He said it would be better if these political leaders in government returned home to “find a way to assist the military recapture and defend our people since the PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan are too busy with his re-election plans”. “I call on all political office holders from the North-east serving in this government to resign en mass with immediate effect. What are they doing serving a government that does not give a damn about the security and safety of their people?” He asked. While speaking on the plight of victims of the terrorist attacks, Lawal said most of people who could not flee have had to live under fear of the barbaric justice system being meted out by the Boko Haram members. He painted the picture of the areas and some of the personalities in government whose towns are within the conflict zone, describing the situation as embarrassing. According to Lawal, Mubi, which is under Boko Haram occupation, is the hometown of Mr. Bonnie Haruna, the Minister of Youth Development; Minister of Women Affairs, Hajia Zainab Maina, is from one of the affected towns; Executive Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Ibrahim Lamorde; former Head of Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bello Sali; and Senator Mohammed Umar Bindo are also from Adamawa. He also said the hometown of the CDS
is just under 10 kilometres away from Mubi, while Major General John Zaruwa hails from Bazza, also some 25 kilometres away from Mubi. “In order to give you a clearer picture of the scale of the tragedy, I will let you know that Mubi, the latest and largest town to fall to Boko Haram so far, is the second largest town in Adamawa State. “Who will defend our people and our land while all of us are all holed up in faraway Abuja as refugees? “Who will rescue the people from the forests and the Camerounian mountains while its leaders are stuck in faraway Abuja leaving in luxury and comfort? “I would rather we all return home and find a way to assist the military recapture and defend our people and our land. It is the only option open to us,” he said. Lawal further lamented the widening scope of the insurgency, which he said might spread to other parts of the country and might result in genocide if not immediately tackled. He said something beyond the capabilities of the military must have been responsible for the inability of soldiers to effectively carry out their duties. Speaking about the botched ceasefire with Boko Haram, Lawal described everything about it as dubious, adding that the federal government did not do its homework well under the circumstance. He said the general belief among communities in Adamawa was that there might have been a collaboration between the soldiers, the political leaders and the Boko Haram in the current onslaught by insurgents. “The ceasefire was only a ploy to give the insurgents a chance to recover and re-arm. Go to the communities, the people believe that the ceasefire was to deliberately allow Boko Haram to regroup. “I do not know of any person from Adamawa State that will claim to know any member of the Boko Haram. Ninety per cent of the indigenes of these areas in Adamawa
are Christians and I cannot imagine how these people can become members of Boko Haram,” he added. In the same vein, a lawyer and former governorship aspirant in Ondo State, Dr. Tunji Abayomi, has told President Jonathan that Nigerians are getting tired of the embarrassment being caused by Boko Haram in the country. While calling on government to as a matter of urgency put an end to the embarrassment, he said Nigerians were losing their patience. The lawyer, who said he wrote on behalf of Nigerian citizens, added that Nigerians have watched with great embarrassment the laying of the honour of Nigeria in the dust by Boko Haram with unbearably aggressive mass butcheries. He said the country was already in a terrible and helpless situation with frequent attacks from the insurgents. In the letter to the president, Abayomi said: “If Nigerians must die, must they die like dogs Mr. President? “As citizens of this republic, we no longer know what really is happening to government, we do not understand what is going on in our ‘tactical withdrawal’ military, which appears to be at war against itself instead of against the overwhelming Boko Haram.
“Where, Mr. President, is government when over 20,000sq/km of Nigerian land is occupied by a boastful band of insurgents that mock the pride of our nation, her previously regarded army and her peoples? “Where is government, we ask you, Mr. President, when Boko Haram took over Gulani, when it captured Gujba, when it acquired Gwoza, when it conquered Gamboru and Dikwa, when it declared authority over Bama and Kala-balge, when it laid waste Michika and Madagali?”
He said the country is tormented by empty assurances of freedom that has left over 200 girls for over 203 days in the hands of their terrorising captors, in place or places their parents could not and dare not reach. He said: “These girls are our daughters, they are our beloved. Mr. President, they are asking you in their troubles, they are demanding an answer - where is government? “The hundreds of armed men, policemen, customs, immigration as well as countless displaced citizens are asking you, Mr. President - where is government?”http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/apc-demands-resignation-of-fg-officials-from-n-east-warns-of-looming-genocide/193337/

PhockPhockMan:
You keep parading other women husband, where is your own, kayode, Amaechi, fashola, Rochas you no dey shame?

Abeg soft pedal. It has not got to that extent.

Caseless:
u are a waist-less bastard!

You can make for a good experimental tool in Psycho-analysis.I don't join issues with Haramites.I advise you see a Pyschotherapist for mental evaluation cum sedation. Have a nice evening

You mean Ndume right?

Name and picture or you know the rest.

jojomario:
Must you always frown your face in the military uniform?

Soldiers are not meant to smile.

Good one.