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dearpreye:
I very much doubt that it too. The level of political awareness amongst the electorates is still abysmally low. Governance is is a serious business that can't be left to the politicians alone.

Gradually we'd get there, but at this stage, just the warning shot alone would suffice because not much would be achieved beyond that.

Even his security detail alone could be used to bully them into backing down. They would go after them and wouldn't mind extending the gesture to their families.

Not sure we've reached that level of political sophistication to pull something of this nature off. Perhaps with time, we will.

OZAOEKPE:
NYAKO IS NOW A SAINT I PITY APC, THIS CHANGE IS A SCAM

Baba, you sure say you dey alright?? Shooo!!

Wow!

I foresee Ipod Wailing Ekpas protesting over this as well.

Everything makes them angry.

Pidggin:
If it rose steadily from 2013 to 2015, why would you declare GEJ destroyed our economy? Did you read the global economic report? Can you please post the report on the growth of the economy for the past 15 yrs? If you cannot, I will do so as soon as I can use my laptop. I shall also post link from IMF.

It rose after plunging by over 50% to an abysmal 4.3%.

He still handed over much less than he inherited.

Now tell me, on what moral grounds do you people stand to criticise Buhari?? Be honest with yourself for one. It took Jonathan 5 good years to bring it to 7.6% which he handed over to Buhari (despite the oil windfall) when what he inherited was 10.6%, yet you people want Buhari to give you 7.6% in ONE YEAR under conditions of record low oil prices.

Tell me the truth, do you find that reasonable

Pidggin:
Did you read the global economic report? Can you please post the report on the growth of the economy for the past 15 yrs? If you cannot, I will do so as soon as I can use my laptop. I shall also post link from IMF.

Ohhh, so the link isn't among those posted here. I see.

That aside, what do you have to see about the figures above. Jonathan inherited 10.6%, ran it down to 4.3% in two years before it rose to 7.6% in 3years later (a figure still much less than what he inherited).

I need your comments on that since you are one of the most vocal critics of Buhari's economic agenda and a vocal fan of Jonathan's.


Remember, you supplied the link not me so you cannot fault the data.

Pidggin:
Check this link, it's from the Global finance report:
htts:www.gfmag.com/global-data/economic-data/countries-highest-gdp-growth

Check Nigeria's ranking and growth for the past 15 years.

We know what you people are up to, unfortunately for your likes the only folks you can deceive are those that do not research and read.

Africa political and economic strategic centre:
www.afripol/afripol/item/694-nigeria-imf-report-on-economy-naira-inflation.html

Nigeria trade hub:

www.nigeriatradehub.gov.ng/News/tabid/98/entryid/129/nigeria-s-economy-to-grow-by-7-in-2014-imf.aspx

I knew your lie would get to you!!

Now, in ALL the links you made available, the last of which isn't working, there's one with exclusive stats on GDP growth rate and it shows that your Hero inherited a GDP growing at 10.6% in 2010, and in under a year, it nosedived to 4.9% in 2011, and further to 4.3% in 2012 after which it started to rise steadily through 2013 (period of oil boom) until it peaked at 7.6% in 2015!!!

Jonathan inherited a GDP growth of over 10% and handed over a GDP growth of 7.9%!!


Now, what do you have to say about that?? You supplied the links and not me.

And the blatant lie you stated earlier: "Nigeria maintained a 7% growth rate for the past 15 years" IMF, lying on IMF because they aren't on the forum to deny it is just childish and shameful.

I'm still open to you showing me where IMF said that. Remember you put the statement in QUOTATION MARKS. Now, you can just specifically point out the link, the paragraph, and the line in which they made the statement.

Just look at that failure, yet you people want Baba to turn thing completely around in 1year! Can one get any more hypocritical??
See una lives..

dondo83:
I am a buharist but i will never support inflated budget, However the reason everyone seems to be doing their work accordingly in national assembly is because the budget was'nt accompanied with ghana must go bags for the legislators. If it was the usual practice we wont have heard anything! This is a welcome development for our democracy, as long as the executive arm and legislators try to outshine each other then a better Nigeria is ahead

I wanna believe you read my post in the other thread before posting this comment.

That is. Just the truth. Had the ministers "done the needful", all these wouldn't have come to the public.

Welcome development it is indeed!! Let them do their work. No more padding of budget and giving kickbacks to legislooters to seal their lips.

By the way, we are still waiting for the NASS to make public details of their own budget.

drss:
hahahahahahhahha zombies ar just too funy. afta blaming GEJ, na goats u don dey blame now for buari's budget of corruption which remnanats of goats u mean goats ar responsible for drafting d budget for states house where N3.6 billion was allocated for state clinic at d expence of oda federal hospitals

Hahahahahahahahaha. The parents of Ipod Ekpas really messed up their children. Very useless parents indeed.

Exclusive breastfeeding would have solved this mental problems even before they started. Better yet, they should have used effective contraceptives.

INTROVERT:
[s]Many Nigerians are disenchanted with the current administration while a lot more Nigerians are appealing for more time to be given to the administration.

One one hand the Buhari administration has been fighting corruption and this is evident in the arrest of high profile Nigerians whose cases are still in court and the recovery of billions of dollars which had lined up the pockets of past corrupt government officials, which if properly utilized would help the nation. Secondly a CHANGE in the norm and practices is a difficult pill for many to swallow as is evidenced by poor economic output, high dollar exchange rate, increased unemployment rate etc etc. The president has also not been lucky because of the drastic dip in oil prices which has left the government with less money to spend on capital projects. With patience the APC government can take Nigerians to the promised land.



On the other hand many would argue that the present administration came in on the wings of deceit based on the perceived "cluelessness" of the previous administrtation. Internet and social media played a major role in the emergence of this present administration coupled with security challenges in the north which has not been totally solved. Many believe that this administration is no different from the last, others opine that it is even worse considering the way the budget was "mafia" inspired to subject Nigerians into further hardship.... I can by no means state all the pros and cons of the past and present administration(s), therefore with your understanding of politics and economy in Nigeria.......


IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AGAIN, WOULD YOU VOTE AN APC LED GOVERNMENT AGAINST A PDP CONTROLLED ONE


Click like for APC or share for PDP.... afterwards drop your comments.
Remember to be civil whilst making comments.


Cc lalasticlala mynd44 [/s]

This same poster yelled "Dino should keep quiet" in the other thread where it was revealed the Ineffectual Buffoon and Madam Opolo Eyes grabbed reserved lands in Maitama district Abuja, distorting the master plan.

That is all their kind do- embrace, protect, exalt and promote corruption!! It hurts them when people are made to account for the wrongs they did. For them, fighting corruption is akin to destroying their legacies.

Yet they want people to "vote PDP". What a pity.

imsuboi:
Only zombies will

And your siggy says "in biafra I trust". Now why would you even bother about elections in Nigeria?? What concerns a biafran with Nigerian election?? Can you see why we keep insisting the biafra nonsense is just another brand of opposition politics??

PDP screwed up for sixteen years, they were still voted in FOUR times.

The hypocrisy of PDP supporters is only imaginable- like time travel through Worm Holes.

I will vote Baba over and over again if a messed up budget and a falling naira (which is no fault of the government but due to fall in crude price) are all PDP can go by.

Just don't have the time, otherwise, one would have done a comparism between the budgets of the Ineffectual Buffoon and what we have today and show the world what huge wolf the Ipod Ekpas are crying where there exist not even a rabbit.

The only reason we didn't hear all the stories of the sleaze in the budget in the past is because the Senators and the people who prepared the budgets agreed on a sharing formula for the proceeds of the corruption. That's all.

Obiagelli:
You mind irrational mind's form? I'll pass

It is so funny how these little minds think due to errors in ONE budget, which we duly criticise the government for, is sufficient to make one pitch tents with PDP!! I just can't imagine it!!

A party that made errors consistently for sixteen years, and horrible ones in the last six years, imagines a single year's error, which pales in comparism to what they did, can't and must not be forgiven or tolerated!!

Don't even know whether to laugh or be angry at their foolishness.

dearpreye:
My dear, the buck ends at the President's desk. He's the leader of the nation and MUST accept total responsibility for this shameful mess of gargantuan proportions.

President Buhari presented a budget to the national assembly before he had read or skimmed through it. That's being lousy.

Totally agree with you. The buck stops at his table.

Let me show you a post I made regarding the anomalies we are seeing in the budget.

Brb.

Edit:

Eureka!!

Here:

Iroh88:
Buhari shouldn't hesitate in firing all the undercover Goats that are bent on reviving the culture of pillaging our Yam barn as was the case under the Ineffectual Buffoon.

Now, look at what is going on, all the blame would be on the president (rightly so, and I blame him as well). No one cares if the said crook is a Hausa, Yoruba or Igbo man, or if he's from the North or South, all that matters is that he was appointed by Buhari!

When appointments are being made, all we hear from Ekpas is "another Northerner", and that was why I insisted Baba should ignore the blackmail of those ethnic jingoists. I insisted he appointed the people he felt he could trust and disregard the "need" to satisfy tribal bigots because he ultimately takes credit for whatever the appointees do.

I suggest EFCC be brought in to investigate the issue and prosecute those found to have committed financial crimes.

By the way you, Dearpreye, aren't an Ekpa or any of those. Those names are meant for the PDP supporters that find it hard to apply commonsense when they speak. You are just about the only PDP supporter who's criticism of the government I can't but accept- the others are just borne out of sheer hatred and emotions.

Apparently, the illiterate Abobaku Ekpas and Sons of Orubebe don't know the meaning of "associated products" as used in my first post.

Go school, una no gree, evening classes sef una refuse to attend. When people been dey go school, una own na to carry placards the waka upandan for Onisha head bridge for some useless Goats.

See una lives now. Ndo oo.

Lordave:
Ewu, do we also import Nama for Suya?

Better tell PMD to auction his 150 cows in Daura before it completes 1 year you've been eating Tuwo Masara without meat.

Person no even suppose reply you sef. You too dey sound dull and emotional.

Pidggin:
"Nigeria maintained a 7% growth rate for the past 15 years" IMF

Nigeria was among the fastest growing economies in the last fifteen years - IMF

Can you show me where IMF said "Nigeria maintained a growth rate of 7% for the past 15 years"??

Please I desperately wanna see it. Post the link here.

If you can't, then look yourself in the mirror and tell yourself the gospel truth about who you and people like yourself truly are.

Obiagelli:
This government is failing, How
can.the contents of the most
important document for a year be
changed at all levels, yet no one has
been arrested till date

Why I said yesterday it is high time Baba wielded the big stick. This is totally unacceptable.

There are obviously a lot of remnants of the Goats from the last admin hell bent on sustaining the legacy of that admin. Baba should ignore the blackmail of the opposition who always want to paint him as a vindictive and sectional leader and fire all those top bureaucrats in the ministries and budget office immediately!! Replace them with new brains he can trust so we can start from an entirely clean slate.

Morning Modath.

Pavarottii:
Yeah and I stand by it.

Of course you don't have a choice: it is your own signature.

Mboi:
My friend shatap! Wat have Oshimole, Amosun, Aregbe, Okoroausa done for their people? Instead they owe salaries here and there. You think APC's dubious plan to unseat Fayose will work, better go get a life.

I wonder if this one is a human being. Dude, I don't need handouts from any politician to sustain myself. If you do, too bad then.

And for your info, Fayose is owing salaries since November, how does that make him different from the people you've mentioned.

So sad poverty has eroded the capacity of folks to see things through from a rational perspective.

bodashee:
Excuse me sir. I will buy you roses for Falantine. You just spoke my mind. I have never even read any of these books you mentioned but I agree that this is just a psychological tactic to decieve the people he governs.
The first and basic duty of government is to provide the masses with things they cannot provide for themselves. Electricity, Security, Diplomatic and trade relations with other states, Healthcare, Social amenities...... And Ekiti cannot boast of any of these things. Yet the governor takes pride in 'relating to the common man'.
Its just so sad that ignorance is dealing with us this bad.
Because he is a governor, they have come to see him as a small God, jubilating whenever he is in their midst. We must understand that no matter the position he holds, he is a PUBLIC SERVANT, put there to represent our interests. We must never let these little favours distract us from holding them accountable.

Illiteracy, ignorance, poverty and low self esteem all combine to make the average Nigerian such a malfunctioning species.

Sometimes when I go to an occasion and see how people gather round politicians, praising them and bowing to them, I feel so disgusted to the point of throwing up.

As a matter of fact (not that I'm too proud or something) I make it my duty to make these politicians feel disrespected whenever I come across them. I just don't like their attitude. Just like you said, our people make them feel like gods and they've become used to feeling like they are doing us a favour relating with us or doing the ordinary things we do.

Go to the civilised worlds, with all their development and wealth, and see politicians/ministers riding bicycles to work or walking amongst crowds just like any other regular Joe and no one would even recognise their presence! Here, if a politician enters a public transport or disembark from his SUV to talk to an old woman on the street, the news "breaks the internet!!"

Now, the more we treat these guys like super humans, the more their determination to keep us dumbed down and poor, because if they give you the education to cure your ignorance and give you the enabling environment for you to create wealth for yourself, their relevance would drastically diminish and they would run short of praise singers and sycophants who make them feel superior to everyone else.

Such a pity we find ourselves in this state.

Oh ye recalcitrant Ekpas, do we produce blades in this country?? I most just about all of you are illiterate, so I'd oblige you with a little bit of basic economics.

When you operate an economy based on a single product and the price of such a product eventually losses its value by over 70%, it is only normal that the value of the currency of such a country operating such an economy to take a beating due to depleting forex. When the value declines, the cost of imported goods and other associated products inevitably rise- even the best economist in the world can't prevent that from happening you illiterate children of Orubebe.

Now, had your biggest party in Africa diversified our economy by just 10% while it held sway for 16 years, perhaps we wouldn't experience none of this- but the economy wasn't diversified, neither was money saved. Rather, despite the windfall from oil, your useless party kept borrowing, recovered looted funds and re-looted them, and stole every penny in sight.

Today, we are paying the price of 10 years of failure, and 6 years of Ineffective Buffoonery and you guys want everything to be fixed in under a year!!

I think we might have more Robotic Buffoons than we initially thought parading themselves as human beings.

#bashing is also allowed.

Pavarottii:
So wat is paining u now, is that is richer than ur entire generation or what?

Your signature says: "If you are not careful, the newspaper and media will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people doing the oppressing."

I think that perfectly captures what state your entire being is. There couldn't have been a better way to describe yourself.

HowAreYou:
Truth be spoken!!...I only like this man Because he loves to identify himself with the common man

This reminds me of the life behind the scene of Barrack Obama posted by EXPLORER. The Man is so Down to earth

Nigeria Politician should inculcate this humble life of Fayose...though that is the only trait I like in him.

This isn't humility, it is psychological programming. It's a Machiavellian tactic. Giving folks 1% of what is due them, but giving them in a manner they feel you are doing them a favour and make them feel they owe their lives to you.

That is what Fayose has been doing. Only the wise who've read the books such as The Prince, 48 Laws of Power, Mafia Manager or Hitler's memoirs can understand some of these things.

This guy would have made a perfect politician in ancient Rome: dazzle the people with epic public display of drama and they forget about what your actual responsibilities are.

All he's doing is preparing/psychologically recruiting the ignorant folks who would be willing to put their lives on the line to protect him when the time is due for him to answer to his crimes. People like this young man would be the ones staring down the barrels of guns while his children would be somewhere hundreds, if not thousands, of miles away from the epicentre of his confrontation with security operatives.

They would die and be forgotten in the blink of an eye. Fayose would be arrested and prosecuted and life would go on.

Let those who've got brains make use of them. Never stake your lives for the sake of any politician. Encourage them to use their children to defend themselves.

I hope Baba looks into this and pay them their due entitlements asap. Owing workers their pay is what I could never stand for. They worked for it and are duly entitled to the monies. Nothing should stop the government from honouring the terms of their engagement.

danot1030:
if una like make una turn south east to another war zone like North East, Nigeria dey campe!

He said "they were holding meeting long before Buhari came". I bet it was when Buhari came in they realise they could also protest on the streets and chant Biafra.

When Jonathan arrested massob members in the past, how many of them wailed on the forum?? When dead bodies of massob members were discovered in a river in the SE during the Buffoon's era, how many of them took to the streets?? Soon as Buhari won elections, they printed banners and made placards, marching upandan, chanting war songs like remote controlled zombies.

There is no such thing as ipod, it is just saTAN rebranded, period!

Awon sore losers.

New day, new lie. Even the devil himself would envy these guys when it comes telling lies. It is simply all the leave on.

What a pity.

Ineffective implementation by an Ineffectual Buffoon.
Pa Shukwudi, come and listen to your Hero oo.

kokoA:
No military officer earns up to 800k monthly. I wonder why most of the very senior officers are usually stinkingly rich.

When news broke about the sealing of Badeh's estate in Abuja and I made a remark concerning the worth of the property and how the alleged owner could possibly explain how he got it if not through corrupt means, an Epka came after me accusing me of ignorance, that I have no idea how much an army chief earns!! Just imagine that!! I made him understand NO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE could earn so much as to build a billion naira estate if they didn't enrich themselves through corrupt means.

Too bad we have such people who would viciously defend those solely responsible for their poor state of living simply because they are connected to the regime of the Ineffectual Buffoon.

Watch Ipod youths do the usual. Perhaps they'd adopt these men as their sons also and march on the streets on their behalf.

Shoooo!! Where is the logic in this?? Who does that bill fits more than the Wailing Ipod Ekpas?? Isn't Orubebe one of their Heroes?? Or are they trying to tell us what he did was wrong and denouncing him??

danmasani101:
[s]You always sound like a sad person. Can't you post comments without insults/abuses

Am sure when people call you a Lying Liar & a masturbator you will fume from both side of your mouth[/s]

..and a volunteer Ipod Ekpa rises to the occasion. Bravo kiddo.

Any more candy stories you wanna share??