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Oh Wow!

Haha... love the carrying mat to Buhari part. Kudos to President Buhari.

Chi12baby:
You know how a person becomes Vice President and later contest for President. After first term, he contests again. Making it a total of about 12years. This is all shades of wrong particularly when there is no evident growth or development. Vacate the seat so vibrant and younger people can run. This is not just a Nigerian problem, it is an African problem. We suffer from the 'sit tight syndrome". And their reason for this is not far fetched, our leaders feel the need to be corrupt and insensitive. Ordinarily, a good and visionary leader is not concerned with self succession. Hence, Buhari has signed a bill stoping Vice President and Deputy Governors from carrying mat to aso rock. Buhari is working.

History will never forget Buhari's kind action.

Okonsyourguy:
Today was quite different In majorly everything, From the place I would normally go to work, to the place where I had to got to for work today. Anyway, the most shocking thing for me, was the absence of traffic today. The roads were awesomely free. Free to a point where I could never believe Lagos could be like that on a weekday.
But, it has to do with the kind thing Buhari did by conferring a long due honor to MKO Abiola.
The event for this conferment happened today and it was a huge success with Buhari in the best of characters. Anyway, I trust that Buhari will keep up the good work.

If its for that area, I give it to Buhari. He has been awesome.

Babayero212:
The internet has made a lot of things possible. One of such is the ease with which people can now make money online. I wish people would understand that with the ease that we can use the internet, is also the ease with which we can make money online.
There are different forms and methods of making money online. Minus G things though. Making money online is quite simple these days. I bet we should thank the Govt of Buhari for his reforms in the NCC that made all these possible.
Anyway, let us do a thread of all the legit money making schemes we have tried before.

I hope she finds peace where she is.

Timibabaj:
Did you people hear of the lady that committed suicide just recently? I read her story and it was not really nice. It was not what I expected to hear.
I mean, people cheat all the time and people do what they want to do, but, she decided to commit suicide since none of the 3 kids she currently has are for the man she is married to.
Is that enough reason to commit suicide? I think not.
I think she did not wait to see what could have happened.
Impatience. Funny thing is, the guy may be the gentle guy who would have forgiven her. But no, she took her life in a hurry.
Same thing with people jumping into conclusions in a bad way.
Same way people want to change the good govt of Buhari this quickly. They are jumping to conclusions and rushing unnecessarily. Maybe they should check all he has done so far and see that he can do way more. Anyway, you people should stop jumping to conclusions really.

Nigerian OAP’s and International people are beginning to give us more new people who will need a platform a space to showcase what they have.
But, what happened to those in the Legendary level? Should we forget them because they are old?
When Ras was alive, no one invited him to events, no man thought about him. He had no endorsements, nothing to keep body and soul together. Now he is dead and every Nigerian OAP wants to talk about him and share moment.
Same way they will keep quiet for anything concerning the good efforts of Buhari in Nigeria. But no, they will not.

Baba Buhari has really tried.

Okonsyourguy:
When an activist's activist like Chief Frank Kokori, who fought Gen. Abacha to a standstill in the 90s, said you have a great soul, your job in reforming Nigeria is done!!! Kokori, a true activist and labour leader who fought relentlessly to actualize the June 12 struggle back then said of President Buhari, "“We thought people like Obasanjo should have done that for us long time ago. There was so much pressure not Muhammadu Buhari, we least expected it, so in doing it for us, he has a great soul and we appreciate it.” See the rest of Kokori's praise of Buhari here http://sunnewsonline.com/just-in-buhari-least-expected-to-actualise-june-12-mandate-kokori/#comment-164075



If I were president Muhammadu Buhari, I'd been feeling like Zinedine Zidane over Project Nigeria. Buhari is leading Nigeria on back-to-back progress starting with reforms everywhere. Baba can't be denied today...

Really Sad... RIP

Timibabaj:
Big ups to the one and only Ras Kimono. Jah man. The respect will never falter. You are the best and even though death came this way, you are a legend that will never be forgotten.

The thing with the Nigerian music scene is the part where I don’t like that we only wait for things to happen to our Artistes before e remember how great they are.

Looking at it, a lot of new artists have flourished under the awesome tenure of Buhari.

I think we should appreciate these artists and appreciate them well enough. Not every time waiting for their death before we can do anything or before we can be singing their praises.

I love chicken

To toast woman dese days na work o. These days, men, full grown men go dey ask for retweets to go out with women. Na wa o. Is that what we agreed on? How are guys like this na? We fit change this narrative? I swear ehn, if boys fit do normal toast woman proper the same way Buhari take toast Yoruba people, enough sense go dey the mix.

See as them carry do that one. Find wetindem want, carry the thing give them. Wetin come remain na?
If na you, you no go gree as Yoruba people take gree for Buhari correct plan?

But signing that bill sha was a good thing Buhari did... Change indeed.

I was so happy to hear of this.

Well, I have been saying this to people around me. With the way the last administration of Goodluck Jonathan messed up this country, I am surprised that we are even still in existence.

Buhari has done quite well with so little resources and we have to commend him.

Nice post man.

Timibabaj:
The next general election is in 8 months time - February 2019. As expected, a good number of Nigerians like myself are concerned about the performance of the current administration headed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

It is safe to say that we have experienced 'changes' under this administration as they promised - both positive and negative. But, to be honest, we haven't seen much positives yet.

However, you can't deny the fact that the previous administration of Goodluck Jonathan set the pace for some of the unpleasant experiences Nigeria has had in the last 3 years. The level of impunity it condoned was enough to wreck the economy of any nation in the world.

The reason for this post is not to give Buhari a pass mark (I am a strong critic of his administration by the way). But as someone who is an avid follower of Nigerian politics, and someone who has a strong interest in the advancement of this nation regardless of whoever is in power, I won't fail to appreciate The good deeds when I see them.

President Buhari inherited an economy which was literally on 'life support'. Yes, he made a few mistakes which hurt the economy further; one of which was the late appointment of ministers. But, within these 3 years, he has been able to stabilize an ailing economy with the little resources he was left with.

On the 1st of June 2018, Vanguard newspapers released a fact sheet outlining the policy and programme achievements of the Buhari Administration since it assumed office three years ago. This fact sheet highlights the successes in the economy, security, and the fight against corruption.

Below is a breakdown of the achievements of Buhari's administration so far in just 3 years.


- Nigeria’s economy is back on the path of growth, after the recession of 2016-17 (1.95 percent growth in Q1 2018).

- The Buhari Administration’s priority Sectors of Agriculture and Solid Minerals maintained consistent growth throughout the recession.

- Inflation has fallen for the fifteenth (15th) consecutive month, from 18.7 percent in January 2017 to 12.5 percent as of April 2018.

- External Reserves of US$47.5 billion are the highest in 5 years and double the size as of October 2016.

- Total exports in 2017 were 59.47% higher than for 2016.

- The 1st quarter of 2018 saw the 4th consecutive quarterly increase in capital importation since Q2 2017. The total value of capital imported in the quarter stood at US$6.3 billion, which is a year-on-year increase of 594.03%, and a 17.11% growth over the figure in the previous quarter.

- The new FX Window introduced by the CBN in April 2017, now sees an average of US$1 billion in weekly turn-over and has attracted about US$25 billion in inflows in its first year (and a total turnover of $47.14 billion) – signaling rising investor confidence in Nigeria.

- Nigeria’s Stock Market ended 2017 as one of the best-performing in the world, with returns in excess of 40 percent.

- Five (5) million new taxpayers added to the Tax Base since 2016, as part of efforts to diversify Government revenues.

- Tax Revenue increased to N1.17 Trillion in Q1 2018, a 51% increase on the Q1 2017 figure.

- N2.7 Trillion spent on Infrastructure in 2016 and 2017 fiscal years, an unprecedented allocation in Nigeria’s recent history.

- Fourteen (14) moribund Blending Plants revitalized so far under the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative (PFI); with a total capacity of 2.3 million MT of NPK fertilizer.

- In May 2018, the Federal Government launched the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF), under the management of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority. The PIDF is kicking off with seed funding of US$1.3 billion.

- Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) in March 2018 invested US$10m to establish a world-class Cancer Treatment Centre at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), and US$5m each in the Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital and the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, to establish modern Diagnostic Centres. These Centres should be completed before the end of 2018.

- The Buhari Administration issued N100 billion Sukuk Bond in 2017, Nigeria’s first sovereign Sukuk Bond. Proceeds from that Bond are funding 25 major road projects across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria.

- Nigeria’s economy is back on the path of growth, after the recession of 2016-17 (1.95 percent growth in Q1 2018).

- The Buhari Administration’s priority Sectors of Agriculture and Solid Minerals maintained consistent growth throughout the recession.


When you look at these achievements critically, you will understand that a foundation has been set for a better Nigeria.

At this point in time, what Nigeria needs is consistency.

President Buhari may not be the best ever president we have had in our history but for the fact that he has been able to significantly turn around our economy for good in just 3 years, as his worst critic, I have no choice but to give him his due accolades.