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PhonesRe: The Best Android Phones That Cost N30,000 To N50,000 by EngrChris(m): 10:30am On Nov 04, 2017
Kaygee10:
FERO phones are big scams....Never buy it because there are no parts, and pray it doesn't fall into water for a second, or on the ground...Talking from experience
. I have been in Mobile market for long, as a single person complain about Fero, Ten of other person are saying good about the same product. Let me educate you a little, always know your spec before buying any product, and most time phone � has lasted you long it depends on you the end user. Fero is just Two years old in mobile market and they have been were they are now. Finally even if you buy a new product in the market now such as PANO, ZTE, FREETEL it all depends on your spec and usage.
PhonesRe: The Best Android Phones That Cost N30,000 To N50,000 by EngrChris(m): 9:50am On Nov 04, 2017
naijatechgist:
Choosing the best Android phone at a cheaper price can be stressful especially now that the price of phones has increased.

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Gone are the days when you can easily grab phone with 2GB RAM for just 25,000 Naira. Now if you want an Android phone that can perform or carry out any multitask smoothly or play a sensitive 3D game without lagging you need to spend a huge amount of money to get that kind of phone.

I have read so many times online pertaining this topic

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That’s why I took my time to search for the best Android phone below 50,000 Naira.
To my greatest surprise, Android Phones is now budget friendly.

Most of the Android Phones listed below comes with attractive features and specs just give it a shot and you will be surprised to find a device with 2GB to 3GB of RAM with massive battery below 50,000 Naira.

This unbias list of Android Phones consists of different brand or product. The list will include key features, specs, and the price.

1. Fero ROYALE X2[/b]yelo
https://naijatechgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1-8.jpgYelo-300x300.jpg
[b]Key features, Specs, and Price.


5.2-Inch Screen size with HD IPS Display.
Processor 1.2GHz Quad-core with 1GB RAM.
Storage 32GB ROM (Supports 128GB Micro SD Card)
OS Android Nougat
Cameras 13MP Rear and 8MP Front
Battery 4000mAh quick charging
4G LTE Network
Dual SIM
Fingerprint Rear.
Price 49,000 Naira.

2. Tecno SPARK PLUS K9
https://naijatechgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2aba3c9a4ab9da04c82ce2f5ae7582de-259x300.jpg
Key Features, Specs, and Price.

Screen 6.0-inch IPS Display, 720 x 1280 pixels (244ppi)
Processor 1.5GHz octa-core CPU with 2GB RAM
OS Android 7.0 (Nougat)
Storage 16GB Storage with support up to 32GB memory card
Camera 13MP Rear Camera and 5MP Front Camera
Fingerprint Sensor (Rear)
3400 mAh Battery
Dual SIM
Price 43,000 Naira.
3. Infinix Hot 5 (X559c)
https://naijatechgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1-8.jpginfinix-hot-5-300x300.jpg
Key Features, Specs, and Price.

Screen 5.5-Inch HD IPS
Storage 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM (expandable up to 32GB)
Processor Quad-core 1.3GHz processor
OS XOS Based on Android 7 Nougat
Camera 8MP Rear, 5MP Front
Battery 4000mAh capacity with quick charge
Dual SIM
3G Network
Fingerprint Scanner
Price 36,500 Naira.

4. Homtom HT50
https://naijatechgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1-2-300x300.jpg
Key Features, Specs, and Price.

Screen 5.5 inch 1280 x 720 Screen
OS Android 7.0
Processor MTK6737 Quad Core 1.3GHz
Storage 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM
Camera 8MP Rear and Front Camera 8MP
Battery Capacity: 5500 mAh
Support 4G, OTG, Gesture Wakeup
Dual SIM Card.
Price 33,000 Naira.
5. Lenovo C2 K10A40
https://naijatechgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1-4-300x300.jpg
Key Features, Specs, and Price.

Screen 5-inch HD
Storage 1GB RAM, 8GB ROM (Supports 32GB Micro SD Card)
Processor 1GHz Quad-core
OS Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Camera 8MP Rear, 5MP Front
Battery 2750mAh
Dual SIM
4G LTE Network.
Price 33,000 Naira.

6. Tecno Spark K7
https://naijatechgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1-8-1.jpgTecno-Spark-K7-1-300x300.jpg
Key features, Specs, and Price.

Screen 5.5″ display
Storage 1GB RAM, 16GB ROM (External Memory, up to 32GB)
Processor Quad-Core CORTEX 1.3GHz
OS Android 7.0 Nougat With HiOS 2.0
Camera 13MP Rear Camera, 5MP Front Camera
Battery 3000mAh Capacity
Fingerprint Sensor
Dual SIM
Price 32,500 Naira

7. Huawei Y5 2017
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Key features, Specs, and Price.

5.0-inch IPS Display, 720 x 1280 pixels (294ppi)
Processor 1.4GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737T CPU with 2GB RAM
Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), EMUI 4.1
Built-in storage 16GB, up to 128GB memory card
Camera 8MP Rear and 5MP Front Camera
4G LTE Data
Battery 3000 mAh Li-ion capacity
Price 50,000 Naira.

8. Tecno Camon CX Air
https://naijatechgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/camon-c9-x-300x300.jpg
Key features, Specs, and Price.

Screen: 5.5-inch HD IPS
Storage 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM (Supports 128GB Micro SD Card)
Processor 1.25GHz Quad-core
OS Android Nougat 7.0
Camera 13MP Rear, 13MP Front
Battery 3200mAh Capacity
Fingerprint Sensor
Dual SIM
Price 43,000 Naira.

9. Bluboo Edge
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Key features, Specs, and Price.

Screen size 5.5 inches HD (1280×720 Pixels)
OS Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Processor Quad-Core 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A53
Camera 13MP Rear 8MP Front camera
2GB RAM ROM 16GB Support up to 256GB SDcard
Non-Removable 2,600 mAh Lithium-Polymer
Dual SIM
Price 42,000 Naira.


10. Nokia 3
https://naijatechgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Nokia-300x300.jpg
Key features, Specs, and Price.

Screen 5.o-inch HD polarized display
OS Android 7.0 Nougat
Camera 8MP Autofocus front and rear camera
4G LTE (VoLTE ready)
Procesor Quad-core processor
Storage 2GB RAM/16GB ROM expandable with MicroSD card
Price 43,500 Naira.

11. Infinix Hot 4 Pro (X556)
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Key features, Specs, and Price.

Display: 5.5-Inch HD
Storage 16 GB 2GB RAM Expandable By SD Card Up To 128 GB
Processor Quad-core Cortex 1.3GHz
OS XOS based on Android M
Camera 13MP (Rear); 5MP (Front)
Battery 4000mAh
Price 43,000 Naira.

12. Letv Smartphone Le S3 X626.
https://naijatechgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1-8.jpg-LEtv-300x300.jpg
Key features, Specs, and Price.

Screen 5.5-inch FHD display (1920×1080 pixels)
Processor Helio X20 MTK6797 deca-core 64bit 2.3GHz, GPU: Mali T880
OS Android 6.0 OS, 4GB RAM +32GB ROM
Camera 8.0MP front camera and 21.0MP back camera
Dual Nano SIM Card Dual Standby
Full metal unibody,3000 mAh battery with fast charge
Fingerprint Sensor
4G LTE Network
Price 40,500 Naira.

13. Cubot Fashion CUBOT CHEETAH 2
https://naijatechgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/1-8.jpgCubot-300x300.jpg
Key features, Specs, and Price.

Screen 5.5 inch 1920 x 1080 FHD 2.5D Arc Display
OS Android 6.0
Processor MTK6753 Octa Core 1.3GHz
Storage 3GB RAM 32GB ROM
Camera 13.0MP AF rear-facing camera with flashlight and 8.0MP front camera
Fingerprint Scanner
4G LTE Network
Price 50,000 Naira.

14. Samsung Galaxy Grand Prime Plus
https://naijatechgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2.jpg-sAmsung-300x300.jpg
Key features, Specs, and Price.

Screen 5.0-inch PLS TFT Display, 540 x 960 pixels (220ppi)
Processor 1.4GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737T CPU with 1.5GB RAM
OS Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
8GB Storage with support for memory card up to 256GB
Camera 8MP Rear and 5MP Front Camera
4G LTE (up to 150 Mbps download)
2600 mAh Removable Battery
Price 41,000 Naira.

15. HTC Refurbished One M8
https://naijatechgist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2.jpgHtc-300x300.jpg
Key features, Specs, and Price.

Screen size 5.0-inch Super LCD3 Touch Display 1080 x 1920 pixels (441ppi)
Processor 2.3GHz quad-core or 2.5GHz quad-core
Storage 2GB RAM, 16GB or 32 GB (up to 128GB via SDcard)
OS Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
2600mAH Battery Capacity
4G LTE Network
Price 39,000 Naira.
Source: http://naijatechgist.com/2017/11/02/best-android-phones-ranges-30000-50000-naira/

PhonesRe: The Best Android Phones That Cost N30,000 To N50,000 by EngrChris(m): 9:43am On Nov 04, 2017
Please FERO MOBILE DEVICE NEW RELEASE

ROYALE X2 is 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM, 7.0 Android and 4000MAH

Note: Not 1GB RAM as stated on the platform
EducationRe: 15 Pictures That Will Make Sense To Anyone Who Attended FUTO by EngrChris(m): 3:37am On Jun 29, 2016
What can I say #proudlyEEE/SEET03-08. Great futoite~ great
PoliticsRe: Saharareporters Allegedly Plotting To Defame Daura& Cover Up Magu’s Corruption. by EngrChris(m): 3:24am On Jun 29, 2016
All does supporting witch-hunt we receive the same in no due Time, power doesn't last for ever.
PoliticsRe: Buhari!!! Kerosene Now Sells For 250 Naira Per Litre! by EngrChris(m): 3:12am On Jun 29, 2016
They have taking everything from the poor masses that voted them inn to power, I don't blame militancy because that's what government want, they don't want law abiding citizen, who needed there help.
PoliticsRe: Why Encourage Propaganda? Youwin Has Not Paid Third Tranche To Any Awardee!! by EngrChris(m): 3:05am On Jun 29, 2016
Why are they dishing out falsehood, this what I call corruption, duping Nigerian through media reps/bloggers, call evil evil so it will not get to you. Media + change start from you bloggers, if you dish out negative you are corrupt, if you hide the truth you are corrupt. God bless our Nation
BusinessRe: We’re Going Bankrupt, Non-oil Exporters Cry Out by EngrChris(m): 9:40am On Jul 17, 2015
That is negative change most people were are shouting, God Almighty will see his children through. We are watching this Government. Why billions go and suffering on the rise
CrimeRe: I Make, Sell Guns For N30,000 – Blacksmith by EngrChris(m): 12:22pm On Jun 08, 2015
Looking for protection where there's none.
PoliticsRe: Has Buhari Shot Himself In The Foot? - Sahara Reporters by EngrChris(m): 11:45am On Feb 03, 2015
Bevista:
There is no way PDP and GEJ can get back to Aso Rock. The discontentment in the land has reached unimaginable proportions.

How about I tell you of the 50 persons I have queried, of which 35 are voting GMB.

How about you ask AIT and Reno Omokri the results they got when they tried to test GEJ's popularity & acceptability compared to GMB.

GMB shooting GEJ in the foot since 2014.

Come feb14th, I'm righting the wrong of April 2011.

#TeamGMB2015
is only unreasonable person will be saying what you said, are you God or the masses. Wait till 14th feb. Lets see who will win
PoliticsRe: Finally, Nigerian Troops Bombard Sambisa Forest by EngrChris(m): 9:35am On Feb 03, 2015
Bevista:
To score cheap electoral point.

Suddenly, petrol price have come down, clueless visits Maiduguri, forensic audit report of NNPC submitted, rickety trains commissioned, sambisa forest bombarded, etc.

These are all issues people have been raising for months. How befitting a time to start dealing with them.

Too little too late Boss. My mind has been pretty much made up - you are going back to Otuoke.

#Vote4Change

#SaiBuhari
please say the truth, your mind did not made up rather the person you support, sai is going to say sai gej. Including you
PoliticsRe: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by EngrChris(m): 9:23am On Feb 03, 2015
Revolution:
GMB MEANS BUSINESS.

I was opportune to listen to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari this morning at State House, Marina, Lagos state. It was a business section tagged ‘GMB MEANS BUSINESS.’

Apologies. I didn’t attend as a paparazzi, hence the lack of photographs and a selfie with the man himself. Also, this is not the place to drop names.

The small venue was filled to capacity as expected, and I was certain the audience was expectant.

Posted below are my personal views of General Muhammadu Buhari, the man whom I heard, for the very first time at close quarters.

The man Buhari whom I heard spoke today is a man that has a mission.

I could almost feel a pain in his voice when he spoke of the issues that have plighted the talented country, Nigeria for decades. You could almost say, he felt sorry for the country.

There was a conviction in his voice and demeanour. His body language was expressive of a man focused on one thing, to put Nigeria on the global ladder of respect. You could feel it.

When he read out the prepared speech, which was monotone a-times, he informed his audience when he had completed the speech. He gently went into the pocket of his flowing ‘babariga’ to produce his prepared hand written note and went on to give a scintillating delivery of his plans for the country – which I would’t bother you with.

At that point, he was better poised and at his best.

He was natural, at ease. No airs about him. I didn’t know he was also rich in humour. He is a very witty man. I see him represent Nigeria internationally with pride.

You know what, he commanded the audience. He had us all engaged.

He gave briefs on how Nigeria fought the civil war and didn’t have to borrow a kobo.

He mentioned how, when he was in charge, refineries were built.

He gave a veiled warning to ‘briefcase contractors’ who mill around Abuja. ” If you know your capacity is N100m, don’t go bidding for a N1 billion contract” he jokingly announced. Joke, I think not.

He also had a warning for civil servants. ‘Anyone engaged in corruption is on his own and will only have himself to blame’ he said, without joking this time.

If truth be written, I was extremely impressed listening to him live.

He engaged an audience of business men and women, and that alone speaks volume.

About seven questions were asked (limited due to lack of time as he was expected today in Adamawa for a campaign rally), and he confidently stood to answer all to the best of his abilities.

He charmed us with his humble charisma.

He got an ovation at the end of his speech.

Finally, in answering a question on continuity of governance, should he become the next elected President, he went on to give an analogy of someone standing on cliff edge. He pointed out that, if the man on the cliff edge chose to continue, what awaits him would be a long painful fall. Hence, he would not continue on that path. He however pointed out that continuity on good projects is good, while he would not be a part of a continuation of bad projects.

BUHARI LIVE – How Impressed was I ?

Very!

Source: http://jide-salu.com/2015/02/02/muhammadu-buhari-live-how-impressed-was-i/
Jonathan is a superior presidential material to Buhari
on February 03, 2015 at 1:31 am in Femi Aribisala

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By Femi Aribisala

Between 1983 and 1985, Peter Onu of Nigeria was Acting Secretary-General of the OAU. At the 1985 Summit in Addis Ababa, statesmen like Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania, lobbied for his election as substantive Secretary-General. However, there was a major stumbling block to Peter Onu’s candidature: his Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, was campaigning against him.

Jonathan-Buhari
Jonathan-Buhari

Buhari claimed: “This generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country than Nigeria.” But when the crunch came, his allegiance to Nigeria disappeared. In the election of the OAU Secretary-General in 1985, Buhari voted against Nigeria and for Niger instead. He secured the election of Ide Oumarou, a Fulani man from Niger; as opposed to an Igbo man from Nigeria. By so doing, Buhari became the first and only Head of State in the history of modern international relations to vote against his country in favour of his tribe.

Years later, General Buhari marched all the way from Daura to Ibadan to demand of Oyo State Governor, Lam Adeshina: “Why are your people killing my people?” Again, he was not referring to Nigerians as his people. Instead, he was an advocate for the rights of murderous Fulani herdsmen who killed Yoruba farmers that objected to their cattle grazing on their land and damaging their crops. This same Buhari who voted against Nigeria in 1985, and said in 2003: “Muslims should only vote those who will promote Islam,” is now shopping for votes nationwide. He should be rejected outright.

Ignorance running riot

If APC had wanted to be taken seriously, it would have come up with a better presidential material than Buhari. There is something anomalous about a party whose mantra is change, recycling a 73 year old man as its candidate for the president of modern Nigeria. Buhari has little or no understanding of public policy. That is why APC will always come up with some excuse or the other not to have him participate in a debate with Jonathan. Buhari fought corruption by imposing ridiculous 300-year sentences on offenders. He fought exam malpractices by imposing 24-year prison sentences on school children.

He dealt with indiscipline by flogging people to queue at bus-stops. He dealt with food shortages by sending soldiers to break into private warehouses and shops. He fought trade imbalances by taking Nigeria back to the stone age of trade by barter (counter-trade). He sought to extradite a Nigerian from Britain by drugging and crating him.

There is so much about Buhari ending the Boko Haram insurgency as he did the Maitatsine insurgency in the 1980s. But the General needs to be advised that Boko Haram is not Maitatsine. Maitatsine was in two towns: Boko Haram is in three states with spillover effects into others. Maitatsine fought with bows and arrows: Boko Haram fights with sophisticated weapons. Maitatsine was a local insurgency, Boko Haram is an international phenomenon.

Anti-corruption hypocrisy: Buhari does not know what corruption means and how to fight it. He became Nigeria’s Head of State through the corruption of a coup d’état and he then tried to fight corruption with corruption. Imposing retroactive decrees and killing Nigerians under them is corruption. Putting an Igbo vice-president in Kirikiri, while placing the Fulani president under palatial house arrest, is corruption.

Detaining people like Michael Ajasin in jail, even after they were discharged and acquitted by kangaroo courts, is corruption. Jailing journalists for telling the truth is corruption. Putting pressure on a judge in order to jail Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is corruption. Shepherding 53 suitcases of contraband unchecked through Customs during a currency change exercise is corruption. Swearing an affidavit that your school-leaving certificate is with the military when it is not, is corruption.

Transforming Nigeria: Buhari’s shameful past is dwarfed by the achievements of Goodluck Jonathan. Under Jonathan, Nigeria has emerged as by far the largest economy in Africa with a GDP of $503 billion; nearly double the previous estimates. South Africa now comes a distant second with $350 billion. With the unbundling of PHCN after 52 years of gridlock, and with now the realizable target of 20,000 megawatts of electricity by 2020, Nigeria’s GDP will soon double that of South Africa.

CNN Money projects that the fastest growing economy in the world in 2015 will be China (7.3% growth rate); followed by Qatar (7.1%); and then followed by Nigeria (7%). This belies all the misinformation about the Nigerian economy dished out by the APC and attests to the astute management of the economy by the Jonathan administration. The seemingly ambitious Vision 20 2020, proclaimed under the Abacha regime to make Nigeria one of the 20 largest economies in the world by 2020 is now well in sight. Today, Nigeria is already the 23rd largest economy in the world. Kudos to Jonathan, we have overtaken such European countries as Austria and Belgium.

Life expectancy

In 2010, when Jonathan became acting president, life expectancy in Nigeria was 47 years. Today, it is 54 years; an improvement of seven years. Adroit application of SURE-P funds has reduced the maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria by 26%. Under Jonathan, Nigeria has become Guinea Worm-free; a disease previously affecting 800,000 Nigerians yearly. In the last six months, there has been no new case of polio in Nigeria. If this goes on for another two and a half years, Nigeria will be declared polio-free.

Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, hailed Nigeria’s fight against polio as one of the great world achievements of 2014. He said: “The infrastructure Nigeria has built to fight polio actually made it easier for them to swiftly contain Ebola. The fact that Nigeria is now Ebola-free is a great example of how doing the work to fight things like fighting polio also leaves countries better prepared to deal with outbreaks of other diseases.”

Investors’ haven: In the last three years, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has ranked Nigeria as the number one country for foreign investments in Africa. We also receive more home-remittances than any other African country; a vote of confidence in our economy by Nigerians living abroad. They remitted $23 billion in 2013, a figure far more than the $18 billion received by Egypt; the country with the second highest home remittance in Africa. It is a testament to Goodluck Jonathan’s adroit management of the Nigerian economy that the richest African is now a Nigerian.

In 2010, when Jonathan came to power, Aliko Dangote was the 463rd richest man in the world, with a total fortune of $2.1 billion. Today, he is the 23rd richest man in the world, with a total fortune of $25 billion. Dangote’s billions are “made in Nigeria.” Indeed, under Jonathan, Nigeria now has the fourth highest rate of returns on investments in the world, according to UNCTAD.

Crisis of unemployment

The big challenge has to do with jobs. Every year, another 1.8 million people are offloaded into the job market. However, while the APC says Buhari will create 720,000 jobs a year if elected, Jonathan created 1.6 million jobs in 2013. He has established such innovative programmes as Nagropreneurs and YOUWIN that support young farmers and entrepreneurs with grants, training and mentorship. He has also instituted internship schemes to enhance the capacity of university graduates to secure gainful employment.

The unemployment problem is compounded by the more than doubling of the education budget under Jonathan. Every Nigerian child now has the opportunity to go to school. Indeed, there has been a 10 million increase in school enrolment in Nigeria under this government. There has also been a 75% increase in O’ Level credit pass in Maths and English. Jonathan established 125 Almajiri schools in 13 northern states. He also established 14 new federal universities. There is now a federal university in every state. Indeed, the kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls derives from the disenchantment of the Boko Haram that many Northern girls are now going to school.

Dealing with corruption: According to Transparency International, Nigeria has not become more corrupt under Goodluck Jonathan. Out of 178 countries ranked in 2010, Nigeria was the 134th most corrupt country. In 2014, Nigeria was ranked 136th. Unlike Buhari, Jonathan understands that corruption has to be attacked institutionally, from the roots. Therefore, he proposed the abrogation of the petroleum subsidy; one of the biggest avenues for corruption in government. However, Nigerians refused. Jonathan has sanitized the corruption in fertilizer distribution. The Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, lamented that between 1980 and 2010, Nigeria lost 776 billion naira to corrupt fertilizer racketeering.

Fertiliser racketeering

That effectively came to an end under Jonathan. Through the innovative e-wallet system, farmers are given cell-phones through which they now have direct and easy access to government-provided fertilizer, chemicals and seedlings. Jonathan has also sanitised the banking system by removing dinosaur managing directors, recovering indigent loans and using AMCON to mop up bad loans. By instituting e-payment systems, he sanitized the civil service by removing 50,000 ghost-workers in one fell swoop. He has equally got rid of ghost voters from the electoral register; over 1 million ghost voters were removed from the Zamfara INEC register alone. Under Jonathan, we have had free and fair elections one after the other; in Edo, Anambra, Ondo, Ekiti and Osun.

Agriculture has been transformed under this administration. Thanks to Jonathan, agriculture now accounts for 22% of Nigeria’s GDP, more than oil and gas which only account for 15.9%. Under Jonathan, Nigeria has recorded a more than 50% reduction in food imports. Prior to his presidency, we had a food import bill of 1.4 trillion naira. But now, it is less than N700 billion. With the innovation of dry season rice-farming, Nigeria has reached 60% self-sufficiency in rice production. According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Nigeria is now the largest producer of cassava in the world. The Jonathan government built six strategically-located perishable cargo airports in Ilorin, Jalingo, Jos, Lagos, Makurdi andYola; in close proximity to Nigeria’s food baskets.

It is remarkable that Northern farmers were able to donate five million tubers of yam in order to raise 5 billion naira for Buhari’s presidential election campaign. If Jonathan’s transformation agenda in agriculture was not working as planned, they would not have been able to do this.
PoliticsRe: Muhammadu Buhari Live – How Impressed Was I ? by EngrChris(m): 9:15am On Feb 03, 2015
Revolution:
GMB MEANS BUSINESS.

I was opportune to listen to Gen. Muhammadu Buhari this morning at State House, Marina, Lagos state. It was a business section tagged ‘GMB MEANS BUSINESS.’

Apologies. I didn’t attend as a paparazzi, hence the lack of photographs and a selfie with the man himself. Also, this is not the place to drop names.

The small venue was filled to capacity as expected, and I was certain the audience was expectant.

Posted below are my personal views of General Muhammadu Buhari, the man whom I heard, for the very first time at close quarters.

The man Buhari whom I heard spoke today is a man that has a mission.

I could almost feel a pain in his voice when he spoke of the issues that have plighted the talented country, Nigeria for decades. You could almost say, he felt sorry for the country.

There was a conviction in his voice and demeanour. His body language was expressive of a man focused on one thing, to put Nigeria on the global ladder of respect. You could feel it.

When he read out the prepared speech, which was monotone a-times, he informed his audience when he had completed the speech. He gently went into the pocket of his flowing ‘babariga’ to produce his prepared hand written note and went on to give a scintillating delivery of his plans for the country – which I would’t bother you with.

At that point, he was better poised and at his best.

He was natural, at ease. No airs about him. I didn’t know he was also rich in humour. He is a very witty man. I see him represent Nigeria internationally with pride.

You know what, he commanded the audience. He had us all engaged.

He gave briefs on how Nigeria fought the civil war and didn’t have to borrow a kobo.

He mentioned how, when he was in charge, refineries were built.

He gave a veiled warning to ‘briefcase contractors’ who mill around Abuja. ” If you know your capacity is N100m, don’t go bidding for a N1 billion contract” he jokingly announced. Joke, I think not.

He also had a warning for civil servants. ‘Anyone engaged in corruption is on his own and will only have himself to blame’ he said, without joking this time.

If truth be written, I was extremely impressed listening to him live.

He engaged an audience of business men and women, and that alone speaks volume.

About seven questions were asked (limited due to lack of time as he was expected today in Adamawa for a campaign rally), and he confidently stood to answer all to the best of his abilities.

He charmed us with his humble charisma.

He got an ovation at the end of his speech.

Finally, in answering a question on continuity of governance, should he become the next elected President, he went on to give an analogy of someone standing on cliff edge. He pointed out that, if the man on the cliff edge chose to continue, what awaits him would be a long painful fall. Hence, he would not continue on that path. He however pointed out that continuity on good projects is good, while he would not be a part of a continuation of bad projects.

BUHARI LIVE – How Impressed was I ?

Very!

Source: http://jide-salu.com/2015/02/02/muhammadu-buhari-live-how-impressed-was-i/
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Jonathan is a superior presidential material to Buhari
on February 03, 2015 at 1:31 am in Femi Aribisala

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By Femi Aribisala

Between 1983 and 1985, Peter Onu of Nigeria was Acting Secretary-General of the OAU. At the 1985 Summit in Addis Ababa, statesmen like Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania, lobbied for his election as substantive Secretary-General. However, there was a major stumbling block to Peter Onu’s candidature: his Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, was campaigning against him.

Jonathan-Buhari
Jonathan-Buhari

Buhari claimed: “This generation of Nigerians and indeed future generations have no other country than Nigeria.” But when the crunch came, his allegiance to Nigeria disappeared. In the election of the OAU Secretary-General in 1985, Buhari voted against Nigeria and for Niger instead. He secured the election of Ide Oumarou, a Fulani man from Niger; as opposed to an Igbo man from Nigeria. By so doing, Buhari became the first and only Head of State in the history of modern international relations to vote against his country in favour of his tribe.

Years later, General Buhari marched all the way from Daura to Ibadan to demand of Oyo State Governor, Lam Adeshina: “Why are your people killing my people?” Again, he was not referring to Nigerians as his people. Instead, he was an advocate for the rights of murderous Fulani herdsmen who killed Yoruba farmers that objected to their cattle grazing on their land and damaging their crops. This same Buhari who voted against Nigeria in 1985, and said in 2003: “Muslims should only vote those who will promote Islam,” is now shopping for votes nationwide. He should be rejected outright.

Ignorance running riot

If APC had wanted to be taken seriously, it would have come up with a better presidential material than Buhari. There is something anomalous about a party whose mantra is change, recycling a 73 year old man as its candidate for the president of modern Nigeria. Buhari has little or no understanding of public policy. That is why APC will always come up with some excuse or the other not to have him participate in a debate with Jonathan. Buhari fought corruption by imposing ridiculous 300-year sentences on offenders. He fought exam malpractices by imposing 24-year prison sentences on school children.

He dealt with indiscipline by flogging people to queue at bus-stops. He dealt with food shortages by sending soldiers to break into private warehouses and shops. He fought trade imbalances by taking Nigeria back to the stone age of trade by barter (counter-trade). He sought to extradite a Nigerian from Britain by drugging and crating him.

There is so much about Buhari ending the Boko Haram insurgency as he did the Maitatsine insurgency in the 1980s. But the General needs to be advised that Boko Haram is not Maitatsine. Maitatsine was in two towns: Boko Haram is in three states with spillover effects into others. Maitatsine fought with bows and arrows: Boko Haram fights with sophisticated weapons. Maitatsine was a local insurgency, Boko Haram is an international phenomenon.

Anti-corruption hypocrisy: Buhari does not know what corruption means and how to fight it. He became Nigeria’s Head of State through the corruption of a coup d’état and he then tried to fight corruption with corruption. Imposing retroactive decrees and killing Nigerians under them is corruption. Putting an Igbo vice-president in Kirikiri, while placing the Fulani president under palatial house arrest, is corruption.

Detaining people like Michael Ajasin in jail, even after they were discharged and acquitted by kangaroo courts, is corruption. Jailing journalists for telling the truth is corruption. Putting pressure on a judge in order to jail Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is corruption. Shepherding 53 suitcases of contraband unchecked through Customs during a currency change exercise is corruption. Swearing an affidavit that your school-leaving certificate is with the military when it is not, is corruption.

Transforming Nigeria: Buhari’s shameful past is dwarfed by the achievements of Goodluck Jonathan. Under Jonathan, Nigeria has emerged as by far the largest economy in Africa with a GDP of $503 billion; nearly double the previous estimates. South Africa now comes a distant second with $350 billion. With the unbundling of PHCN after 52 years of gridlock, and with now the realizable target of 20,000 megawatts of electricity by 2020, Nigeria’s GDP will soon double that of South Africa.

CNN Money projects that the fastest growing economy in the world in 2015 will be China (7.3% growth rate); followed by Qatar (7.1%); and then followed by Nigeria (7%). This belies all the misinformation about the Nigerian economy dished out by the APC and attests to the astute management of the economy by the Jonathan administration. The seemingly ambitious Vision 20 2020, proclaimed under the Abacha regime to make Nigeria one of the 20 largest economies in the world by 2020 is now well in sight. Today, Nigeria is already the 23rd largest economy in the world. Kudos to Jonathan, we have overtaken such European countries as Austria and Belgium.

Life expectancy

In 2010, when Jonathan became acting president, life expectancy in Nigeria was 47 years. Today, it is 54 years; an improvement of seven years. Adroit application of SURE-P funds has reduced the maternal mortality ratio in Nigeria by 26%. Under Jonathan, Nigeria has become Guinea Worm-free; a disease previously affecting 800,000 Nigerians yearly. In the last six months, there has been no new case of polio in Nigeria. If this goes on for another two and a half years, Nigeria will be declared polio-free.

Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, hailed Nigeria’s fight against polio as one of the great world achievements of 2014. He said: “The infrastructure Nigeria has built to fight polio actually made it easier for them to swiftly contain Ebola. The fact that Nigeria is now Ebola-free is a great example of how doing the work to fight things like fighting polio also leaves countries better prepared to deal with outbreaks of other diseases.”

Investors’ haven: In the last three years, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has ranked Nigeria as the number one country for foreign investments in Africa. We also receive more home-remittances than any other African country; a vote of confidence in our economy by Nigerians living abroad. They remitted $23 billion in 2013, a figure far more than the $18 billion received by Egypt; the country with the second highest home remittance in Africa. It is a testament to Goodluck Jonathan’s adroit management of the Nigerian economy that the richest African is now a Nigerian.

In 2010, when Jonathan came to power, Aliko Dangote was the 463rd richest man in the world, with a total fortune of $2.1 billion. Today, he is the 23rd richest man in the world, with a total fortune of $25 billion. Dangote’s billions are “made in Nigeria.” Indeed, under Jonathan, Nigeria now has the fourth highest rate of returns on investments in the world, according to UNCTAD.

Crisis of unemployment

The big challenge has to do with jobs. Every year, another 1.8 million people are offloaded into the job market. However, while the APC says Buhari will create 720,000 jobs a year if elected, Jonathan created 1.6 million jobs in 2013. He has established such innovative programmes as Nagropreneurs and YOUWIN that support young farmers and entrepreneurs with grants, training and mentorship. He has also instituted internship schemes to enhance the capacity of university graduates to secure gainful employment.

The unemployment problem is compounded by the more than doubling of the education budget under Jonathan. Every Nigerian child now has the opportunity to go to school. Indeed, there has been a 10 million increase in school enrolment in Nigeria under this government. There has also been a 75% increase in O’ Level credit pass in Maths and English. Jonathan established 125 Almajiri schools in 13 northern states. He also established 14 new federal universities. There is now a federal university in every state. Indeed, the kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls derives from the disenchantment of the Boko Haram that many Northern girls are now going to school.

Dealing with corruption: According to Transparency International, Nigeria has not become more corrupt under Goodluck Jonathan. Out of 178 countries ranked in 2010, Nigeria was the 134th most corrupt country. In 2014, Nigeria was ranked 136th. Unlike Buhari, Jonathan understands that corruption has to be attacked institutionally, from the roots. Therefore, he proposed the abrogation of the petroleum subsidy; one of the biggest avenues for corruption in government. However, Nigerians refused. Jonathan has sanitized the corruption in fertilizer distribution. The Minister of Agriculture, Akinwumi Adesina, lamented that between 1980 and 2010, Nigeria lost 776 billion naira to corrupt fertilizer racketeering.

Fertiliser racketeering

That effectively came to an end under Jonathan. Through the innovative e-wallet system, farmers are given cell-phones through which they now have direct and easy access to government-provided fertilizer, chemicals and seedlings. Jonathan has also sanitised the banking system by removing dinosaur managing directors, recovering indigent loans and using AMCON to mop up bad loans. By instituting e-payment systems, he sanitized the civil service by removing 50,000 ghost-workers in one fell swoop. He has equally got rid of ghost voters from the electoral register; over 1 million ghost voters were removed from the Zamfara INEC register alone. Under Jonathan, we have had free and fair elections one after the other; in Edo, Anambra, Ondo, Ekiti and Osun.

Agriculture has been transformed under this administration. Thanks to Jonathan, agriculture now accounts for 22% of Nigeria’s GDP, more than oil and gas which only account for 15.9%. Under Jonathan, Nigeria has recorded a more than 50% reduction in food imports. Prior to his presidency, we had a food import bill of 1.4 trillion naira. But now, it is less than N700 billion. With the innovation of dry season rice-farming, Nigeria has reached 60% self-sufficiency in rice production. According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Nigeria is now the largest producer of cassava in the world. The Jonathan government built six strategically-located perishable cargo airports in Ilorin, Jalingo, Jos, Lagos, Makurdi andYola; in close proximity to Nigeria’s food baskets.

It is remarkable that Northern farmers were able to donate five million tubers of yam in order to raise 5 billion naira for Buhari’s presidential election campaign. If Jonathan’s transformation agenda in agriculture was not working as planned, they would not have been able to do this.
PoliticsRe: Explosion Rocks Rivers Deputy-Governor's Office by EngrChris(m): 12:03am On Dec 18, 2013
If dis really happen is not a gud1, I pray for God to guide rivers people n d governor, oder leaders in rivers. Secondly any person on dis Forum dat bring in Jona our President on dis matter is 1 of d problem individual we hav on Net. Stil on dis matter without finding out what is d problem, some of use hav started calling names which is not gud. because people dat quick to judge, by calling names are not matured. Incase if u are d type n u are above 30yrs, u are fooling urself n if u ar below 20yrs it mean dat ur age is disturbing ur brain. Nigeria will be good or not start from us, mold our character, behave well, good comment in every Topic, represent our country wherever we find ourself. If u know dis write-up is for u n concern u amend urself. Tnks u for ur understanding. Longlive Nigeria. I believe in 1 9jeria. Pray for our leaders n pray for our country.
CrimeRe: Banker Arrested Over Rep’s Death by EngrChris(m): 10:11pm On Nov 25, 2013
What I know is dat One thing must kill a Man, but let d gud One kill for Heaven sake not d bad One. RIP Mr. Hon.
PoliticsRe: Lagosians React To Ban On Clothes Spreading by EngrChris(m): 2:11pm On Aug 04, 2013
The truth is that each compound should control there cloth spreading within the compound not outside or on fence, secondly Lag. Govt should act on that policy only on those people that spread cloth outside there compound or yard or on the fence. Finally let the Govt of lag start providing dryer to each compound in lagos so to minimize the pressure on the masses with power supply. if not it will only affect poor people(masses).
PoliticsRe: Ijaw Militants Warn Soyinka & Falana To Keep Off Rivers State by EngrChris(m): 8:52pm On Jul 29, 2013
Mrhod: When fed rep took over River legislation, y dint dey stop dem, Izon or Ijaw have finally become violent group, GEJ now use dis wide beast to treating opposition, with d amnesty dey are still treating life, dey should wake up & do d right tin, all dis work, 2015 is stil far.
Why accusing GEJ, all u are doing in on assumption. If u are matured enough u would'nt judge d way u are doing. Unless u are doing it out of hate or showing ur childishness.
PoliticsRe: Amaechi On Face-off With President Jonathan (Video) by EngrChris(m):
shaneroberts26: Choi,na person wey call im self Engr dey reason like dis?So mek we forget about 1.somtin TRILLION DOLLARS just like dat?SO I DONT HAV D RIGHT TO DEMAND FOR D ACCOUNTABILITY OF MY MONEY AGAIN?Wid dat 1.somtin trillion Dollars,the Federal govmnt could hav cleared all Her debt.Bros sorry to say dis,i am ashamed of you.Tufia!
na condition make crayfish bend, if u like continue bending, I refuse to bend any longer, OBJ remove subsidy n dats d one dat made me strong, mack it somewhere after GEJ time another president will come and do dsame. So continue bending, and Accountability of ur money, why not go to court. Instead of u talk'g of ur vote u ar talk'g about money. Ok if u didn't get ur money enter PHCN sub station n hug 415kv Transformer. Pls don't be ashamed of me so dat I will not be ashamed of u n don't tufia me so i wudnt tufia u. May God help u.
PoliticsRe: Amaechi On Face-off With President Jonathan (Video) by EngrChris(m): 9:23am On Jul 28, 2013
payless: Nigeria and US practice federal system of government; where separation of power is respected and state autonomy is also respected. Nigeria and US constitution are virtually the same. The drafting committee led by Bola Ige who drafted the Nigerian Constitution wouldn't be happy with lawlessness of this President when it comes to respect of state autonomy. Amaechi should be allowed to serve as Governor without interference from Jonathan or his wife.
This Questions is for you. Q.1, can a nigeria senator resign from his seat because he was exposed when accuse of sleeping with a slut in a hotel. Q.2 can a uk/usa house member, upper/lower chamber remain in office after fight'g in the house or chamber. Q.3 can uk/usa governor remain in office after molesting a Rev. Father, quess he will resign because of respect he has for masses. Q.4 can u steal in uk/usa and remain unpunished. Q.5 can uk/usa politician mobilize tauts or youth and inec officials to rig election for him. Q.6 can a uk/usa state governor stop local government election and appoint caretaker committee to head the local government Q.7 did we have state police, Q.8 uk/usa senator allowance is it the same with nigeria senator. Etc. As far as I'm concern if we have the same constitution we don't behave and act the same way, because we are not up to them, so don't join nigeria and uk/usa issue. Don't you know what is DEVELOPED COUNTRY and DEVELOPING COUNTRY, Africa politicians are the same compare to European ones. Thanks for your understanding. God please rescue Nigeria our nation.
PoliticsRe: Amaechi On Face-off With President Jonathan (Video) by EngrChris(m): 8:35am On Jul 28, 2013
Oyodebomide: To be very honest with all my south south brothers i dont like gej, i hate him with my last blood. Ranging from the cunning fuel subsidy and all of that am very much dissappointed in him infact one of naija president that have remove fuel subsidy honestly i keep asking myself why did i vote for a clown like him.
fuel subsidy is still in ur head, mean u have a problem, as a person u can't develop n guess u have poor man mentality. because 9ja's us any disadvantage to dere own advantage, let me give u a tip, u can start selling fuel on on d street. Grow up u will succeed.
PoliticsRe: Chidi Lloyd Was Tortured & Blindfolded Back Into Port-Harcourt by EngrChris(m): 1:15pm On Jul 27, 2013
rooftech: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/07/rivers-crisis-chidi-lloyd-brought-back-to-pharcourt-blindfolded/#sthash.k9qnpBqT.dpuf
wetin all dis mean? if na ordinary pesin now nobody go see dis news for NL. wetin some peple d comment self concern'g police de tocho d man, some say inhuman, abi nobi wetin u sow u go reap. I wan ask? Nobi d mace man b dat. After using mace on some1 n police use mace on him na bad thing. If u are right n overreacted u become wrong.
PoliticsRe: Amaechi Promises To Remain Principled by EngrChris(m): 7:58am On Jul 22, 2013
kennyeast: fool speak for urself, I am from ss he has not sabotage anything.
hey let me tell u, u are not from SS because if u are, u are ignorant dats only thing dat will make u say so. 1 u are eating from amaechi pocket, 2 u are just sympatizing with him. let me tell u dat rivers was d 1st place jonathan visited after being president, he was d one dat help amaechi become NGF chairman in d 1st place, maybe along d line d have misunderstand.but d truth is dat as a SS man amaechi perform well as governor but his interest of being a Vp with anoder party is were he sabotage majority of SS, including me. i am a fan of amaechi but his interest against his own is what i dont like. my prayer is let him allow pride n reconcern with his own. God bless Nigeria
PoliticsRe: Amaechi Promises To Remain Principled by EngrChris(m): 12:44am On Jul 22, 2013
$ugardaddy:
Gov Amaechi can never be compared to Wike because Amaechi has done so much for the good of Rivers State and Rivers people. Wike on the other hand can be likened to a common thug who has Federal backing.
GEJ promised northerners he would serve only 1 term. Taking him by his words, Amaechi decided to align with the North for the VP slot. So, why castigate Amaechi now that GEJ has decided to go back on his words? Rather, GEJ should be castigated for speaking from both sides of his mouth.
. Bro no Nigeria politician is principle because Apga councillor won election in Oyigbo lga, Amaechi denied him his mandate till now n put a pdp man, if he can interfer in councillorship election n local government why not president interfer'g in NGF election. I can only say that what he sow is what his reap'g, n u can't tell me that removal of obiakpo chairman by RSH his not the engr,plotter. As far as I'm concern he could have meet his brother ask him in closed door if his coming out b4 go'g against him because we are talking about SS to retain presidency not Amaechi. This Amaechi must have pride that is why all this things are coming up. If our politician are principle some people like Hon's dat fight in Upper chamber, lower chamber, n House assembly, could have resign from there post likes American's do.
PoliticsRe: Amaechi Promises To Remain Principled by EngrChris(m): 11:25pm On Jul 21, 2013
@Mbulela read dis by @Oxford. Posted on July 14 by 4.42pm on dis NL. POSTSCRIPT: 11 former loyal Amaechi lawmakers joined the 5 to make it 16 lawmakers who impeached the speaker (loyal to Amaechi). At that point, Chidi Lloyd rushed to fetch Gov Amaechi from govt house (his deputy gov was already there before him). Etc. The topic is Reconcile With PDP Or Defect - Afenifere To Amaechi.
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PoliticsRe: Amaechi Promises To Remain Principled by EngrChris(m): 10:30pm On Jul 21, 2013
greggng: I use to think dokpesi ait is on the side of democracy untill this amaechi issue came up. They have completely turned into a monster hunting nigerian democracy.Dokpesi has shown that his hands re not clean at all. I use to love this station but from today I hate you ait cos you have demostrated that you re biase and you ve got a hand in the crisis in ph. No wonder uwanna sack people like gbenga and imoni for being principled.Dokpesi forgot that when abacha died his loyalist became victims . Anything can happen . Chibuike mean God is my strenght and no one can defeat a man whose strengt is from God. Jonanthan will loose 2015 and his loyalist will be in jail by then .
"enwere esi okwu no nihia ikwuru" I don't see any truth on what u said because u don't know who God is with. Just pray for the leaders such as Amaechi n Jonathan likewise others. God bless Nigeria my country
PoliticsRe: Amaechi Promises To Remain Principled by EngrChris(m): 10:18pm On Jul 21, 2013
collynzo2: Funny enough, because of these unfounded allegations, Amaechi once knelt down in front of my church altar (holy trinity Anglican church Rumuapara) and swore that he wasn't and had never been a cultist and asked God to strike him if he was lying.
enwere esi okwu no nihia ikwuru
PoliticsRe: Northern Governors Demand Removal Of Rivers Police Commissioner by EngrChris(m):
There interest of coming to rivers is because Amaechi is only machine TOOL they have in SS/SE zone to regain power come 2015, but if is true Amaechi being a SS man will become an enemy of SS, unless he want to use the Northerners head. Opportunity comes one or twice in 9ja presidency post but try n grab d first if not the next 50yrs SS may not climb the seat of president iff they lost it come 2015. So my advice to Amaechi is don't go out from PDP and reconcile with his brother n party, he ought to gain more than join'g hand with some northern governors and buhari. My brother in IGBO land will say "Onye gbuo onye oga eli ihe oma omere ya". God bless Nigeria

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