₦airaland Forum

It's like saying the coach of Barcelona should not take credit for laurels won in his time/shift, with the excuse that a previous manager bought the player.

I've long suspected that this Abacha loot thing is a scam started by Obasanjo. Abacha cannot have stolen as much as the thieves of the last 16years or even IBB who enjoyed the oil windfall. Obasanjo a vindictive fellow looked for how to torment Abacha's family because Abacha put him in prison and almost killed him. Else why are we only hearing of Abacha? Is it only Abacha that looted? Can he loot that much of a phantom figure?

todayboy:
i just do a google search on Daura President the term giving to president buhari in less than two weeks as president of Nigeria. i found over 1600 search results i think the name is gradually sticking on the president. i try to find out why they call him Daura President from the search on google i find the foollowing reasons below.

"I just DO a google search", as in are you speaking English, Pidgin or waffi? For someone who expects others to be perfect, you start off on a very poor note. Well, Buhari is over 70years old, a serious person would be more concerned about what he has gotten or been given in a long frame of time as compared to 2weeks. Who are the inconsequential ridiculous people giving him a name in 2 weeks? Do you judge or assess anything serious in 2 weeks? Is that how you obtained your certificate or degree in 2 weeks?

1, two weeks as president no minister he has not make any major appointment he promise Nigerians to hit the ground running

Poor grammar again, but i'll pass. After numbering, you put full stops(.) not commas(,). While Buhari wanted to 'hit the ground running' as it were, the past administration virtually made it impossible. Governance takes planning, especially when you have to govern a complex situation and country like Nigeria. Many factors have to be considered in choosing. The past government was to give handover notes early May but did not until about a day to inauguration(May 29). This was WHY a transition committee was set. Buhari's transition committee members were an impressive set of people with intellect and experience, but all the outgoing government transition committee was doing with them was drinking tea and taking picture. When the APC complained about this then, people were criticizing them. You need handover notes from the different ministries and parastatals studied so as to assess the situation and then get 'the best' solution. Even in game, you don't just throw in players because you have them and declare 4-3-3 formation. You need to first know the opposition, the requirement. then as a good manager, you choose your players and plan your stategy. Buhari needs to know how much money is available, how much and condition of debts. Then he needs to plan on what can be achieved quickly, short and long term moves/goals, what PHASES to implement, priority setting etc. Then he will choose from XYZNigeria pool, how many WOMEN and men, and how do they match for competence, patriotism and integrity. How many have to come from a particular geopolitical zone so that the other zones are balanced etc. So, it's not just 1+1=2.

2, he was travelling round the world when saraki and atiku took over national assembly positions without his consent.

Ridiculous beer parlour gist. By the way, there are three arms of government and they are supposed to be independent to an extent. We are trying to stop the era of godfatherism and executive remote controlling everyone else. Senate Presidency is not supposed to be by the Executive President's "consent". And Buhari made that clear enough that he does not intend or want to interfere. On travelling around the world, there is no place that Buhari has gone to since assuming the Presidency that he should not have gone to. The G7 at Germany, the neighbouring countries for security meetings and the ongoing AU summit. They are all necessary as he starts his government. As he settles in/down or if there are more pressing issues to attend to, then he may not go later on. Those travels are foundational and will greatly enhance our security and international image/reputation that has been battered and tattered over the years.

3, the first Nigeria president to rule from defense house giving excuses of renovating aso rock

This is irrelevant. Abacha, Obasanjo, Yaradua and Jonathan all ruled or governed from Aso Rock, did that deliver any goodies?

4, he embarrassed Nigerians by calling Germany west Germany

You've got to be kidding, right? If you needed a geography expert, maybe you can go and vote for 5 year old Arden Hayes. That little boy knows more geography than me and i guess than most Nigerians. You can watch him here (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFxjy7f9RpY)
i am sure Femi Fani Kayode would never make that mistake for instance, but will i ever vote for him to be my president against a Buhari? Not in a million times. You choose a poor and almost baseless criteria for leadership. The so called West hardly cares about you too, and they hardly know your name or places and cities. i can show you so many gaffes/mistakes from CNN and others about us. The average white man who has never been here does not even know the difference between Africa and Nigeria. Do you know that some of them ask silly questions like do we have roads in Nigeria, or do we live with animals. Just two weeks ago, a UK news outlet put up a wrong picture for Buhari.
And speaking of mistakes, anybody makes them. For instance, i remember President Obama mixing up his religion on TV. He said he was a muslim, then the interviewer corrected him sort of, then he said he was a christian. Do you think Obama is a dullard? You think he is embarrassing America? What have you done/achieved with your knowledge of geography and correct pronunciation of Merkel or Chancellor? Here is that video sef.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGdkqfBICw

5, he said he has not make any appointments because jonathan did not give him handover notes in time

Yes, Jonathan did not. Did he?

Every trip was justified. i can guarantee two things, Buhari would settle down and not travel as much as GEJ and OBJ when you consider the average in four years. Two, Buhari's seven trips may not be up to the cost of GEJ's one trip in terms of costs, number of delegates and escorts, hotels and other waste expenses. Thirdly and bonus, Buhari's trips will prove more efficient and result obtaining than the past administration's largely inconsequential trips/jamboree.

Obijulius:
You are so empty.

GEJ drove BOKO HARAM from their strongholds and not your Dillard BUHARI.

Be done with the hate for Jonathan already and give him his due credit. Besides, he is no longer your President.

Your president is in SA taking photographs and looking dull and confused as ever. While the foolish vp and first lady is holding a party.

May God manage your life the way Buhari is managing Nigeria and it's problems.

Go and learn how to talk to others, we have nothing to discuss.

A church is a gathering for UNITED worship and fellowship, there has to be some order. The greater percentage of your life spent outside church gathering can be used to "worship as you like".

barcanista:
This is the 10th BH attack since May 29, 2015...


BabaOneChance is still "planning"!


RIP to the victims

10 times better than the previous government. During the previous government/administration, boko haram were in charge of local governments. They were raiding villages, towns, police stations and palaces. They were kidnapping people in their hundreds and reigning supreme. Now, they are much muffled and killing by suicide bombing which is most difficult to stop. Nigeria is winning at last, well done Buhari.

Okpueze1:
Even if τ̲̅ђe 51 APC senators were to be present, Saraki will still win as 57 voted for him

Not exactly. Voting patterns and decision are 'influenceable'. People who gave unopposed may be more confident with a crowd or presence of same feather fellows.

omenka:
Mere gimmick to placate the party leadership and presidency after stabbing them in the back.

With due respect sir, we don't care if you get cracking with KOWA, your position is untenable and you must give it up so due process can be followed. Afterwards, the party would decide what to do with you.

Why do i have that scary conspiracy theory feeling that these happenings is exactly APC's plan? Well time will tell.

Judas2013:
There is no God. I am not obliged to believe in your fairy tales. Most things people claimed God did has been disproved over and over again by science.

It's okay.

Judas2013:
Reality is not about blind faith either. It is all about belief and how it works best for you. You are the creator of your reality.

Don't be ridiculous. You don't create your birthday, birthplace or even death. There are many other painful realities like mob action, crimes, poverties etc that each individual cannot create. God will judge and reward every man according to his work, that reality is nearer than we think.

Judas2013:
Unless i agree with you,i cannot experience your fear. Hell is your night mere. You alone can experience it.

Not different from the rubbish the cancer and tuberculosis victims told the doctor. Reality is not a function of your fears and confidence.

Certainly not right. Spiting APC should not be our priority but moving the nation forward.

Tjayjosh:
The rapture is not actually the end of the world. After the rapture there will be just seven years left, after which christ will literally return to take the tribulation saints and then destroy the forces of the antichrist and evil, and he will establish an earthly reign of peace for the last 1000 years of time as we know it. If that is what you mean, you are right.

That is what i mean. The rapture and tribulations first, then the literal second coming to earth, then the end of the world. Our unfaithfulness doesn't incapacitate Christ from the rapture. It could happen any moment.
Matthew 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

cold:
Please return to the religious section where you're domiciled. You're in the wrong section

Lol, you actually did a background check to mudsling? You should be capable of engaging in discussion at your age already, instead of looking for weak points. Again, nothing wrong or out of place for the OP to have included President Jonathan's earnings in security votes, or was he not paid?

Emyogalanya:
See one of the thieves defenders spotted so ur saying buhari should do so cos gej did ? So until he mention gej u wont be satisfied ok insert Gej the post is for us to see whats going on he was not targeting anyone instead of u to join the call for accountability you came up with this pathetic post

Duh, Goodluck Jonathan collected security votes too. It is only sane, fair and level that we are informed of everything, not partial information.. What is accountability if accounts don't balance. Tell us everything, not selective info. How much did hero Jonathan earn as security votes for 5yrs?

brownlord:
Keeping your mouth shut and letting folks think you are a fool is better than opening it and confirming the fact.

Look in the mirror and repeat that statement slowly until it dawns on you. You ended up not contributing intelligently.

cold:
This is the internet bro,you can be anything you choose to be. Why you chose to be stùpid is mind boggling. Just saying

Perhaps you should mind your business or seek to be gainfully employed. That way, your idle mind will not be cheaply boggled.

Why did barcanista forget to tell us how much hero Goodluck Jonathan was paid monthly as security vote?

anonimi:
Yea, depth of copy copy fakeness. No originality whatsoever.
Anyway just like all the scam of APC!

Your bile duct is working, hope your heart is okay.

Wow, now that's depth @omonnakoda.

ifeness:
Do you see what I'm saying? You have no right to punish someone who doesn't love you back if you truly love them. God is imaginary.

That will be discussed well in hell. There's a lot of time there.

ifeness:
I think its odd to claim you love another man's kid....please lets be real here. I don't love Jesus.

In reality, we're all God's children hence the love. In practicality and context though, some people will suffer Hell's torment.

ifeness:
Yes little kids white jesus can sexually abuse.

Jesus loves you too, love is not always sexual. Do your parents abuse you sexually?

Tjayjosh:
Rapture is delayed because of those that have not heard the gospel. The bible says that until this gospel is preached to the ends of the earth, the rapture will not come. God delays his coming because he wants every one to come to repentance.

Errmmm, not exactly. THE END is not the rapture na. The end of the world is like 1007years after the rapture. Jesus can appear any moment. He's delayed more by mercy on us, not by our incompetence and unwillingness to preach.

ifeness:
This is why your religion needs constant bashing and exposure. Your kind shouldn't be allowed near kids,cos most of the preachers abuse kids sexually by telling them Jesus loves them.

Jesus loves the little children, let them know. He loves you too.

PRYCE:
ALL Muslims!

So what? Of what value has their religion to the job? What sort of human being thinks how many Muslims are pilots or doctors in a hospital, or lawyers or engineers? Who cares if they are Buddhists as long as they do the right thing? It's time to stop this puerile bigotry of religion and tribalism and embrace change, excellence and godliness.

They say poetry comes from deep thoughts. It's saddening to see the depths of the OP's thinking, no value.

Volksfuhrer:
Op, you get time o!
One word would have sufficed to describe Adebowale's article: TRASH
All this epistle is unnecessary.

For benefit of doubt, and to aid those who refuse to think maybe.

AlfaSeltzer:
I wonder if I should open a thread to reply to you

Mention me when you're done wondering.

SenseiX:
It seems President Muhammadu Buhari doesn’t know that elections are over and it is time to start actualizing his promises. The first few days of a new President in office matter a great deal.

Rather, it seems the writer does not understand what good governance is all about. President Buhari has already started delivering on his promises. His promise included making Security topmost in his agenda, especially the issue of Boko Haram. He promised to see what the military has been doing, to work with neighbouring countries, and to deal with boko haram. This he has started. he has already met with the service chiefs and has been to see/discuss with two of the three neighbouring countries involved.

Acting authoritatively within 24 hours of being sworn will send the right signal to all that he is ready to implement change. Buhari has already failed in this regard. He is supposed to hit the ground running considering the mirage of problems facing this nation. The new President simply hit the ground and sat down there.

Either this writer is ignorant of the inauguration speech of President Buhari or is just been mischievous. Right from the speech, the President has sent in signals that this is not business as usual, even moving the Command Centre of the military closer to where the challenges are much.

The cabal controlling Nigeria has already ringed him. He could not appoint a Secretary to the Federal Government, seven days after his inauguration. He could not even appoint a Chief of Staff. He is struggling with his list of ministers. So many interest groups within his ruling All Progressives Congress are holding him by the jugular. Ogbonnaya Onu and Rotimi Amaechi are battling for the position of SGF. Buhari should be reminded that a forward-looking leader like David Cameron of the United Kingdom announced his cabinet with 48 hours of emerging victorious.

What has a cabal got to do with appointments? The previous administration had numerous appointments and continued appointing and sacking even two days before hand-over. Appointments and cabal has no ring in common. Having a Secretary or a Chief of Staff is not an emergency, neither is it compulsory. Those are just administrative helps, there is no struggle there. The Senate and House of Reps are just in yesterday, Friday. There is no rush in the regards of appointing ministers, especially when the Transition committee thing did not go on smoothly. A different party and persons handing over is different from David Cameron's case where, one he is simply re-elected to continue, and two, he does not have the load of problems that Nigeria has. Former President Jonathan was seen, reported and pictured just giving President Buhari his report a day before hand over. One has to know what is truly on ground before making key decisions, Nigeria is not your regular one man business where things can be done anyhow.

Our dear Buhari could not even appoint a spokesman. He ended up appointing spokesmen. I have never heard of this in any sane society. He has Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu appointed as spokesmen just to satisfy diverse interest groups. Ever heard of leaders like Barack Obama or David Cameron operating with spokesmen? This is an agenda for chaos in the media management area.

Obama has at least a communications director(Jen Psaki) and a press secretary(Jay Carney). Cameron also has at least a Downing street spokesperson and an official spokesman. Goodluck Jonathan had Okupe and Abati among others. Are those societies sane or is the writer simply ignorant of well known facts?

I can’t understand why Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Barde and Army Chief, Kenneth Minimah are still in office. If we are talking about change and wiping out Boko Haram, the men in charge of the war’s Command and Control ought not to be in office by this time. Buhari obviously has no blueprint on how to handle Boko Haram. These bastards have killed over 300 people in the last seven days. The President has directed that the defence headquarters be moved to Maiduguri. There is clearly no sense in this. Buhari simply wants to jeopadise the Command and Control Centre. The United States did not move the Pentagon to the Gulf region during the Gulf war. Yet, they decapitated Iraqi forces. United Kingdom did not move its defence headquarters to the Falkland during the war with Argentina over the Falkland. Buhari’s directive is an archaic military strategy. This is obviously unnecessary in modern warfare. Obviously, our dear President has no blueprint for tackling the Boko Haram problem. All he did during the election was to excoriate Goodluck Jonathan’s security failure. He had no plans of his own.

It is not compulsory to sack everybody appointed by previous administrations or stop every project or work started by previous administrations. i personally do not know Buhari's plans, but his philosophy is this and right. Nigeria has good and intelligent people and competent hands. We have the training, the intelligence etc. All we need is change of leadership and structure. The same failures like NOI and co do very well abroad under good leadership and well structured governments. Even my everyday average neighbour who can barely get admission for his desired course/school, or get a 2.1 or Upper or a good job in Nigeria. Give him a chance to go abroad and you start hearing testimonies of how he is study aeronautical engineering, and leading in Neurosurgery department, and collecting awards in Yale. Even my illiterate and dirty kinsmen, suddenly behave and comport themselves when they go abroad. The point is, it is not Badeh, Minimah and co have nothing upstairs. They are trained and good soldiers, probably our best on paper talking about ranks, awards, trainings etc. But they have had a very bad leader/coach. The new head may sack them and promote others if he so chooses or if the law says so, or he may retain them. Surely, they would need to properly hand over and report all they have been doing for the past 5 or so years, there is no haste in sacking them or chasing them, especially when you will still be paying their big bellies very well. Also, personally i will keep them to clean up the mess they have contributed in widening.
About military strategies, military strategy is not one way or written in stone. There are different strategies to winning. It is not compulsory we copy America or whoever. Since the Command Center has been in Abuja, has that aided the victory? Also, suicide bombing is not something one just controls like " Jesus stilling the storm". That is what is called miracle. The actions of boko haram in the past days have been suicide bombing. This is different from taking over a town or local government, or abducting scores of people without any restraint.

The next thing the President did was to dash to Niger and Chad to talk to their leaders about curtailing Boko Haram. Yes, this would help in shortening trans-border terrorism. But how will this stop ongoing suicide bombings inside Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states by the blood-thirsty Boko Haram? The suicide bombers are obviously not crossing into the country from the neighbouring countries. They are within the country, manufacturing and using Improvised Explosive Devices. They are using petrol and gas cylinders, all obtained within the country, for suicide bombings. Intelligence gathering and technology are key to detecting and curtailing the deadly activities of these suicide bombers. We need to put our internal security in order before running to Chad and Niger republics.

Wrong suggestion by the writer. When you have an enemy, or even in a room, a rat, a cockroach, lizard, or in a field, you suddenly want to catch a prey. It is BASIC that you block all exits, surround the prey or enemy, and box them in. This is the very clear thing been done.

I am also surprised that heads of failed government departments and agencies that have done collateral damages to this country are still in office eight days after Buhari’s inauguration. How can the leadership of the Customs and Excise still be in office by this time? Why should the leadership of the NNPC and the NERC still be in office? The leadership of the FIRS is still in office, yet we are talking about change. Change in this direction should come within 24 hours. We are still waiting for our dear President to act.

i've talked on this already. Operation sack them all is not necessarily going to work. Most of these people know their jobs and can do them in the right environment and under the right leadership. Also, even if they will go, it is still from the same failed state Nigeria that replacements will be picked, not from outside. Plus, handover was not properly done. When the APC were talking about it, people were criticizing them. There has to be proper hand over and knowing the real state of things before taking decisive actions. Not just clamoring for sack everybody pro-Jonathan and employ every APC lover. Serious governance is not done that way.

[b]Buhari response to the power crisis in his inauguration speech was also appalling. How can the President say that, “careful studies are under way during this transition to identify the quickest, safest and most cost-effective way to bring light and relief to Nigerians.” So, the President did not do a thorough study of the power crisis and the way forward before campaigning to take over from Jonathan? So, the President has no blueprint on how to tackle the power crisis? So, Buhari is just about assembling a team to decide on what to do? That should have been in his bag already. It is part of what is called hitting the ground running in governance. I hope we have not entered a one chance bus? I guess that was why Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo sent him his own blueprint on the power crisis. My humble suggestion is for Buhari to quickly go after Atiku Abubakar and collect his comprehensive blueprint on how to tackle crisis in virtually all the sectors of our economy. A better-prepared Atiku commissioned a very reliable team to do this during his campaign for Presidency. But the APC painfully denied him their Presidential ticket. It is a pity that a well-prepared Atiku may never become the President of this country because we always celebrate mediocrity. [/b]

This is a ploy to divide the APC by bringing up Atiku. Just like the bible where Absalom was propped up till he wanted to take the throne from David. Billions of dollars have been spent on power without much result. The economy is ailing. It is only right for the government to know How Much we have and what can be done with what we have. He should not make careless promises or blueprints that there will be no money to pursue it.

Buhari has also left many bemused by his refusal to make public his asset declaration. Garba Shehu said, “President Muhammadu Buhari has declared his assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau as required by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. If anyone is interested in knowing details of his asset worth, such a person can avail himself or herself of the use of Freedom of Information Act to seek the information from the bureau.” What an insult. One of Buhari’s key campaign promises was public declaration of assets and liabilities. How can he now do this to Nigerians? Late President Umaru Yar’Adua made public his asset declaration after submitting to the Code of Conduct Bureau. Clearly, Buhari has something to hide. The National Secretary of the Labour Party, Kayode Ajulo was right when he accused the President of failing to keep  the covenant he had with Nigerians to publish his assets publicly. Ajulo said: “The promise on the declaration of assets made to Nigerians was to woo voters. Now, the voters have fulfilled their part of the agreement. It is left for Buhari to fulfill the other part, failure of which is a clear violation of the social contract he had with millions of Nigerians.”

This will be done. Anybody deserves time, at least 100days. President Jonathan had 5years to prove himself. Buhari should be given at least 100 days before making silly conclusions. BTW, assets declaration is just a minute part on the war against corruption. The main part is to get the judicial system working efficiently and effectively. What is the value of Yaradua's declaration today? Whether he stole or not, most Nigerians do not know and DO NOT CARE. In fact, i am sure that when Buhari and Osinbajo's assets are finally public, the puerile arguments will grow in number as to what they both already have. If you may be told before hand, Osinbajo is a very rich man, and Buhari has more than 150 cows and one bungalow compared to what his opposition has been making it a duty to misinform people with.

Now, the President has approval for 15 Special Advisers. What does he want to do with all these men? These Special Advisers will also have a retinue of special assistants. They will also need to maintain offices and vehicles. So, where is the belt tightening which our President promised in this scenario? On removal of fuel subsidy, Buhari is still shivering, eight days after inauguration. May Allah help Nigeria.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/i-thought-buhari-would-hit-the-ground-running/211273/
Cc lalasticlala

Compared to what the previous President had, 15 special advisers is smaller and a good trim. i will suggest some patience, at least 100 days. Blind opposition and skepticism will not help the nation or anyone. Like the saying goes, Rome was not built in a day, life is one step at a time.

SenseiX:
It seems President Muhammadu Buhari doesn’t know that elections are over and it is time to start actualizing his promises. The first few days of a new President in office matter a great deal.

Rather, it seems the writer does not understand what good governance is all about. President Buhari has already started delivering on his promises. His promise included making Security topmost in his agenda, especially the issue of Boko Haram. He promised to see what the military has been doing, to work with neighbouring countries, and to deal with boko haram. This he has started. he has already met with the service chiefs and has been to see/discuss with two of the three neighbouring countries involved.

Acting authoritatively within 24 hours of being sworn will send the right signal to all that he is ready to implement change. Buhari has already failed in this regard. He is supposed to hit the ground running considering the mirage of problems facing this nation. The new President simply hit the ground and sat down there.

Either this writer is ignorant of the inauguration speech of President Buhari or is just been mischievous. Right from the speech, the President has sent in signals that this is not business as usual, even moving the Command Centre of the military closer to where the challenges are much.

The cabal controlling Nigeria has already ringed him. He could not appoint a Secretary to the Federal Government, seven days after his inauguration. He could not even appoint a Chief of Staff. He is struggling with his list of ministers. So many interest groups within his ruling All Progressives Congress are holding him by the jugular. Ogbonnaya Onu and Rotimi Amaechi are battling for the position of SGF. Buhari should be reminded that a forward-looking leader like David Cameron of the United Kingdom announced his cabinet with 48 hours of emerging victorious.

What has a cabal got to do with appointments? The previous administration had numerous appointments and continued appointing and sacking even two days before hand-over. Appointments and cabal has no ring in common. Having a Secretary or a Chief of Staff is not an emergency, neither is it compulsory. Those are just administrative helps, there is no struggle there. The Senate and House of Reps are just in yesterday, Friday. There is no rush in the regards of appointing ministers, especially when the Transition committee thing did not go on smoothly. A different party and persons handing over is different from David Cameron's case where, one he is simply re-elected to continue, and two, he does not have the load of problems that Nigeria has. Former President Jonathan was seen, reported and pictured just giving President Buhari his report a day before hand over. One has to know what is truly on ground before making key decisions, Nigeria is not your regular one man business where things can be done anyhow.

Our dear Buhari could not even appoint a spokesman. He ended up appointing spokesmen. I have never heard of this in any sane society. He has Femi Adesina and Garba Shehu appointed as spokesmen just to satisfy diverse interest groups. Ever heard of leaders like Barack Obama or David Cameron operating with spokesmen? This is an agenda for chaos in the media management area.

Obama has at least a communications director(Jen Psaki) and a press secretary(Jay Carney). Cameron also has at least a Downing street spokesperson and an official spokesman. Goodluck Jonathan had Okupe and Abati among others. Are those societies sane or is the writer simply ignorant of well known facts?

I can’t understand why Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Barde and Army Chief, Kenneth Minimah are still in office. If we are talking about change and wiping out Boko Haram, the men in charge of the war’s Command and Control ought not to be in office by this time. Buhari obviously has no blueprint on how to handle Boko Haram. These bastards have killed over 300 people in the last seven days. The President has directed that the defence headquarters be moved to Maiduguri. There is clearly no sense in this. Buhari simply wants to jeopadise the Command and Control Centre. The United States did not move the Pentagon to the Gulf region during the Gulf war. Yet, they decapitated Iraqi forces. United Kingdom did not move its defence headquarters to the Falkland during the war with Argentina over the Falkland. Buhari’s directive is an archaic military strategy. This is obviously unnecessary in modern warfare. Obviously, our dear President has no blueprint for tackling the Boko Haram problem. All he did during the election was to excoriate Goodluck Jonathan’s security failure. He had no plans of his own.

It is not compulsory to sack everybody appointed by previous administrations or stop every project or work started by previous administrations. i personally do not know Buhari's plans, but his philosophy is this and right. Nigeria has good and intelligent people and competent hands. We have the training, the intelligence etc. All we need is change of leadership and structure. The same failures like NOI and co do very well abroad under good leadership and well structured governments. Even my everyday average neighbour who can barely get admission for his desired course/school, or get a 2.1 or Upper or a good job in Nigeria. Give him a chance to go abroad and you start hearing testimonies of how he is study aeronautical engineering, and leading in Neurosurgery department, and collecting awards in Yale. Even my illiterate and dirty kinsmen, suddenly behave and comport themselves when they go abroad. The point is, it is not Badeh, Minimah and co have nothing upstairs. They are trained and good soldiers, probably our best on paper talking about ranks, awards, trainings etc. But they have had a very bad leader/coach. The new head may sack them and promote others if he so chooses or if the law says so, or he may retain them. Surely, they would need to properly hand over and report all they have been doing for the past 5 or so years, there is no haste in sacking them or chasing them, especially when you will still be paying their big bellies very well. Also, personally i will keep them to clean up the mess they have contributed in widening.
About military strategies, military strategy is not one way or written in stone. There are different strategies to winning. It is not compulsory we copy America or whoever. Since the Command Center has been in Abuja, has that aided the victory? Also, suicide bombing is not something one just controls like " Jesus stilling the storm". That is what is called miracle. The actions of boko haram in the past days have been suicide bombing. This is different from taking over a town or local government, or abducting scores of people without any restraint.

The next thing the President did was to dash to Niger and Chad to talk to their leaders about curtailing Boko Haram. Yes, this would help in shortening trans-border terrorism. But how will this stop ongoing suicide bombings inside Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states by the blood-thirsty Boko Haram? The suicide bombers are obviously not crossing into the country from the neighbouring countries. They are within the country, manufacturing and using Improvised Explosive Devices. They are using petrol and gas cylinders, all obtained within the country, for suicide bombings. Intelligence gathering and technology are key to detecting and curtailing the deadly activities of these suicide bombers. We need to put our internal security in order before running to Chad and Niger republics.

Wrong suggestion by the writer. When you have an enemy, or even in a room, a rat, a cockroach, lizard, or in a field, you suddenly want to catch a prey. It is BASIC that you block all exits, surround the prey or enemy, and box them in. This is the very clear thing been done.

I am also surprised that heads of failed government departments and agencies that have done collateral damages to this country are still in office eight days after Buhari’s inauguration. How can the leadership of the Customs and Excise still be in office by this time? Why should the leadership of the NNPC and the NERC still be in office? The leadership of the FIRS is still in office, yet we are talking about change. Change in this direction should come within 24 hours. We are still waiting for our dear President to act.

i've talked on this already. Operation sack them all is not necessarily going to work. Most of these people know their jobs and can do them in the right environment and under the right leadership. Also, even if they will go, it is still from the same failed state Nigeria that replacements will be picked, not from outside. Plus, handover was not properly done. When the APC were talking about it, people were criticizing them. There has to be proper hand over and knowing the real state of things before taking decisive actions. Not just clamoring for sack everybody pro-Jonathan and employ every APC lover. Serious governance is not done that way.

[b]Buhari response to the power crisis in his inauguration speech was also appalling. How can the President say that, “careful studies are under way during this transition to identify the quickest, safest and most cost-effective way to bring light and relief to Nigerians.” So, the President did not do a thorough study of the power crisis and the way forward before campaigning to take over from Jonathan? So, the President has no blueprint on how to tackle the power crisis? So, Buhari is just about assembling a team to decide on what to do? That should have been in his bag already. It is part of what is called hitting the ground running in governance. I hope we have not entered a one chance bus? I guess that was why Aremu Olusegun Obasanjo sent him his own blueprint on the power crisis. My humble suggestion is for Buhari to quickly go after Atiku Abubakar and collect his comprehensive blueprint on how to tackle crisis in virtually all the sectors of our economy. A better-prepared Atiku commissioned a very reliable team to do this during his campaign for Presidency. But the APC painfully denied him their Presidential ticket. It is a pity that a well-prepared Atiku may never become the President of this country because we always celebrate mediocrity. [/b]

This is a ploy to divide the APC by bringing up Atiku. Just like the bible where Absalom was propped up till he wanted to take the throne from David. Billions of dollars have been spent on power without much result. The economy is ailing. It is only right for the government to know How Much we have and what can be done with what we have. He should not make careless promises or blueprints that there will be no money to pursue it.

Buhari has also left many bemused by his refusal to make public his asset declaration. Garba Shehu said, “President Muhammadu Buhari has declared his assets to the Code of Conduct Bureau as required by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. If anyone is interested in knowing details of his asset worth, such a person can avail himself or herself of the use of Freedom of Information Act to seek the information from the bureau.” What an insult. One of Buhari’s key campaign promises was public declaration of assets and liabilities. How can he now do this to Nigerians? Late President Umaru Yar’Adua made public his asset declaration after submitting to the Code of Conduct Bureau. Clearly, Buhari has something to hide. The National Secretary of the Labour Party, Kayode Ajulo was right when he accused the President of failing to keep  the covenant he had with Nigerians to publish his assets publicly. Ajulo said: “The promise on the declaration of assets made to Nigerians was to woo voters. Now, the voters have fulfilled their part of the agreement. It is left for Buhari to fulfill the other part, failure of which is a clear violation of the social contract he had with millions of Nigerians.”

This will be done. Anybody deserves time, at least 100days. President Jonathan had 5years to prove himself. Buhari should be given at least 100 days before making silly conclusions. BTW, assets declaration is just a minute part on the war against corruption. The main part is to get the judicial system working efficiently and effectively. What is the value of Yaradua's declaration today? Whether he stole or not, most Nigerians do not know and DO NOT CARE. In fact, i am sure that when Buhari and Osinbajo's assets are finally public, the puerile arguments will grow in number as to what they both already have. If you may be told before hand, Osinbajo is a very rich man, and Buhari has more than 150 cows and one bungalow compared to what his opposition has been making it a duty to misinform people with.

Now, the President has approval for 15 Special Advisers. What does he want to do with all these men? These Special Advisers will also have a retinue of special assistants. They will also need to maintain offices and vehicles. So, where is the belt tightening which our President promised in this scenario? On removal of fuel subsidy, Buhari is still shivering, eight days after inauguration. May Allah help Nigeria.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/i-thought-buhari-would-hit-the-ground-running/211273/
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Compared to what the previous President had, 15 special advisers is smaller and a good trim. i will suggest some patience, at least 100 days. Blind opposition and skepticism will not help the nation or anyone. Like the saying goes, Rome was not built in a day, life is one step at a time.