₦airaland Forum

Gamji007: Kaita should speak for himself and not for Northerners. These are the same old people that destroyed the legacy of SARDAUNA. A legacy which they all benefitted from. They have done nothing to empower the less priviledge,failed to educate the young ones,refused to provide avenue for industrialisation of the region, all they do is to take their children over sea,buy the latest automobiles to 'intimidate' the poor.
They only speak for the north to achieve their selfish desires.

Selfish ingrates! Gbam you said it all.Perpetual Poverty for the Dogs they call their Masses .They give them a plate of Tuwo and they will be their most malleable Tool.I hope the Masses of the North will one day come to their sense

pro01: Someone should kindly tell me how GEJ's (2 year) administration is worse than OBJ's eight years in power. I have since concluded that shallow people (which describes many of the most vocal critics of the present administration) hate GEJ not necessarily for his actions or inactions, but because of his person and persona.

(Un)fortunately, GEJ is not as rambunctious, belligerent, swashbuckling, untamed, and uncouth as Obasanjo, which makes him seem less exciting and therefore 'worse'. It's all a matter of perception; groundless perception based on appearances rather than substance.

How, in cold facts and figures, is corruption - all forms of corruption - worse under GEJ than it was under Obasanjo? Nigeria earned the highest revenues in her history during Obasanjo's eight wasted years in power. How did that tell on our lives? Were the roads better under OBJ than they are now? Was the power supply better than it is now? Were our hospitals better equipped? Was there greater infrastructural development under OBJ than now? Was there less wastage of public funds under OBJ than now? Was the Rule of Law better observed under OBJ than it is under GEJ? Was general insecurity any less under OBJ than it is today (minus the emergent Boko Haram phenomenon, which sensible people realise is a political ploy to return power to the north)? Was the public service more efficient under OBJ than it is now? Most importantly, did Nigerians have more food on their tables under OBJ than they have today under GEJ (despite the fact that the country earned more courtesy of record crude oil prices during OBJ's eight years)? What then, is the basis for maligning GEJ as the worst thing to happen to Nigeria? Could it be merely because of his unpretentious appearance and underwhelming personality? Or could it be because of his unfashionable trademark hat? Because of his perceived lack of 'swagger'? Is that enough to justify so much baseless hate?

Do you so easily forget that the highest number of politically motivated assassinations occurred under Obasanjo, and ALL of them (including the murder of a serving Minister of Justice/Attorney-General) remain unresolved?

Again, how can anyone forget that political corruption, which is arguably worse than financial corruption, was elevated to official state practice under Obasanjo? In Nigeria's political history, has there been any election worse than the 2003 and 2007 general elections conducted by Obasanjo? Compare that with GEJ's demonstrable resolve not to tamper with electoral processes - which has seen the freest and fairest elections in Nigeria's history take place under him (e.g. Edo, Ondo, Anambra, Imo, etc). Gradually, the phenomenon of election-rigging is becoming extinct, primarily because GEJ refuses to endorse such, even to his own party's detriment. Can you say the same for OBJ?

Have we forgotten how Obasanjo sought to ALTER the constitution to prolong his stay in power through a dubious third term provision? Is that brazen act of political corruption not infinitely worse than pardoning a penitent convicted man?

I can go on and on, but the imperative of brevity constrains me. The fact is that we cannot judge GEJ in isolation. He had predecessors, and if we cannot prove how his administration is worse than those of his predecessors (especially OBJ), then we have serious issues indeed.

Mart d dart: ...and how exactly does this put food on my table

gboss4sure: I guess I need to change. Calling my family + siblings is one thing am not good at and it always causes trouble for me even my sister is angry with me till now for not calling her throughout last year. Am not that Good in keeping mutual relationship. There is this my cousin I haven't seen or talked to in 2yrs now, she used to call me before but am not good in returning calls so I guess she quited unpon say I dey naija fulltime except for the few travels. I need to change for better

league11: ITS A CAPITAL LIE, PETER WAS CRUCIFIED UPSIDE DOWN AND BIBLE NEVER SAID OF PETER BEING POPE. BACK UP UR CLAIM IN D BIBLE OR SHUT UP WITH THIS CHILDISH STORY