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This is what l have been saying all along. It is time we focus on policy formulation than the hit and run strategy of our ex leaders.

Imaging the rest of the government before this put up a good policy to drive the economy. We would have been far ahead as giant of Africa.

But no, we want it now now. Are we building thatch house or skyscraper?

This is the first Nigerian government with go economic policy and strategy.

Your born again when you understand the word of God and live by it.

sherrylo:
yes ooo, I knew that was the planned game.It will work sha.

Lol when you wake up tell us

Obinoscopy:
http://leadership.ng/business/400662/rice-investors-laud-fgs-import-quota-policy

This is how dangotes are made

ORACLE1975:
presently u are my president GEJ,pls with all due respect kindly focus on ur own term than asking 4what u have no clue about come febuary 14/2015 BUHARI WILL BE OUR PRESIDENT BY GOD GRACE.HAIL THE PEOPLE GENERAL.GOD BLESS NIGERIA GOD BLESS BUHARI.

Then you don't know how nnations are built or destroyed. A little is added at each stage. It is building not magic

Buhari is said to be a corruption fighter and a disciplinarian.

I ask

What step did he take to see that if he leave the presidency, his legacy will be maintained?

What policy did he put in place to this effect?

This is how to measure national progress.

Even family progress are built one upon another

Adminisher:
This is the problem with Jonathan and his supporters. The context were different. This was a military regime, we squandered our freedom during the civilian regime of Buhari through corruption and election rigging.

Very rich people owned newspapers and were controlling discourse. Please tell me what is freedom of information when Abiola, Aboderin and Awolowo' family owned the major newspapers. What is freedom in that. First of all it means the whole country was under information dictatorship from rich Yoruba businessmen. I am Yoruba and I know what I am talking about. So it is a little amateurish to talk of FOI under military regimes and even more to PRAISE Jonathan for what is just accepting global best practices. Almost all African countries have FOI now and they can't help it any way in th internet and social media age you don't get a prize for doing FOI.

Buhari never nationalised newspapers which was what some countries with military dictatorships did. Also the number of articles criticizing governments were very many and nobody was letter bombed as happened during the time of IBB whose coup address speech formed the basis of Jonathan's campaign today at Enugu

When l talk of FOI l was trying to let you see how policy work. But you chose to see what you wanted and to pull me to follow your track.

Which policy did buhari institute?

Do you know what the size of our economy would have been if he formed a policy that encouraged the textile industry?

Jesusloveyou:
that is why,we are stil here,since 1999,pdp never keep to promise,they are failures.why not try something new,new party with tested and trusted candidate.vote for change 2015.

Please who is the tested and trusted candidate?
When was he tested?
What was his result after the test?

Jesusloveyou:
that is why,we are stil here,since 1999,pdp never keep to promise,they are failures.why not try something new,new party with tested and trusted candidate.vote for change 2015.

Party is nothing than an avenue of having a president. Have you ever wondered while each president has headed a party?

Adminisher:
Please talk to any old member of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria MAN. They were working very closely withngivernments. I actually saw import licenses and Form Ms and clear categorization of importation into spare parts, manufacturing equipment and raw materials.

All these were for a short time to get local manufacturing installed for all consumer goods.

Why Africa is backward is because we don't have good policy not because we are not doing the right thing. The government then did not want progress that is while they did not back their action with good policy.

Let me ask you, if the president did not sign the freedom of information bill, will Nigerian know this much about government? Will we be criticising government at will?

This is good government policy.

They didn't give it to us because they no the disadvantage on them.

theV0ice:
I still pass the death trap called PH-Enugu express way when I have to do anything around that area. Even David Mark's area of Otukpo isn't an eldorado yet. Hope you heard fr mbaka's testimonial of gej and roads?

How many times have you entered those trains?

Have you ever heard of PAN (Peugeot automobile Nigeria) before? Government had been using Nigerian assembled cars before IBB (gej's father) killed the economy.

For aviation, thank God there has been no crash but our airports remain rubbish. When last did you visit PH international airport? You'll be ashamed.

The so called privatisation of PHCN is worse than what the BPE of OBJ did. They were sold to cronies who have no idea how to do it and they're ripping Nigerians off. Didn't have light for October and November yet their 8k bill didn't stop coming.

For agriculture, I'm willing to give him time because we truly need time to judge it

He should stop blaming everybody for his slow progress as he had 1year tutorial before running the show for 4years so he should have no excuse. If he should be allowed any excuse, then GMB shouldn't be asked any question as he spent only 20months cleaning the evil mess the NPN govt created.

I have not taken the route u talked about. Am not saying all the roads are good. And it can never in 10 year. Am realistic an not optimistic. The goodnews is we are on the right path. Our problem is we want to close our eyes and open it to see all our problems solved at once. It doesn't work like that.
Progress are built upon progress.

I don't know who is mbaka and l don't care to. I don't listen to people who have no first hand experience of what they say. Do he travel of? Federal roads to be precise.

How did lbb kill our automobile industry? what was the automobile policy before lbb to encourage those in the industry?

Absence of plane crash in the country is a sign of change in the aviation in industry. In case you are new in Nigeria. Before now if you want to cross a road, you look side ways to see in any vehicle is come. When your satisfied non is come, you look up if a plane is crossing. That is how bad it was.
Lagos airport is having a new construction of new terminal. Progress is not automatic is it is gradual. Be patient, it will reach pH.

How many years did it took dangote to reduce cement price to 1500 naira? And do you know why?

When you buy a company you do a lot of work on it before it will start running to expectations.

Adminisher:
This was my point. Exchange rate was key. Buhari was fighting for local manufacrurers by keeping the cost of dollar low. The naira might get down to 220 to the dollar with Jona please tell me howvmany young people are empowered theh

How was he fighting for manufacturer when there was hardly any manufacturer. Do you know how many goods were ban fully or partially by this government?

LRNZH:
https://newsrescue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/RS-APC-MEGA-RALLY-IN-PH-AS-BUHARI-ADDRESSES-THE-CROWD-01.jpg

Owerri – The Presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, has said that insecurity and corruption are the major problems militating against the development of Nigeria as a nation and promised to tackle the menace, if elected president on Feb. 14.

Buhari said this when he paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo at the Government House, Owerri on Wednesday.

He called on the Igbos to support APC, saying that one of the objectives of his government, if elected, was to secure the country and efficiently manage it.
He said that, if voted into power, his administration would decisively deal with terrorism, kidnapping and corruption at all levels.

On economy, Buhari decried the alarming rate of inflation in the country and wondered how local businesses could survive with the rate of exchange of Naira to Dollar.

He, therefore, promised to improve on the economy.
“In 1984 as the military head of state, I refused to devalue the Naira, refused to remove subsidy on petroleum products.
“We equally made an undertaken to meet our obligation on foreign debt – medium and long term. All these we did within the period we were in power.”
Earlier, Gov. Okorocha lauded Gen. Buhari for his zero tolerance to corruption as well as his vision for Nigeria.
He requested, among other things, that a fair share of political positions be allotted to the South-East as well as creation of an additional state to make for equity and fairness among the six geo-political zones of the country.

He also requested for the upgrading of the Sam Mbakwe Cargo Airport to an International Airport as well as the rehabilitation of Enugu – Onitsha Road, Enugu – Port Harcourt Road, and Aba –Ikot Ekpene Road, among others, if elected.

“My General, I ask for nothing but these few things and I know you can do it. But for the votes, my people will give you their vote,” he said.
APC Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, Sen. Chris Ngige and other national leaders of the party accompanied Buhari during the visit.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/military-head-state-refused-devalue-naira-buhari/

How will he tackle inflation? If we must move forward me should be asking, "how will you".

No import dependent nation can tackle inflation, ask Zimbabwe.

MalcoImX:
God will bless you for setting the records straight. It was the civilian regime of Shehu Shagari that destroyed the economy to the extent that you can't find basic commodities like soap, milk, foodstuffs, etc. in the markets. There was hoarding for the little that was available. Buhari did the right thing by identifying those warehouses that hoard, forced them open and sold the commodities at government controlled prices. People queued to buy those essential commodities. That was what Jonathan meant by he queued overnight to get milk. The part he didn't tell us was, the scarcity was caused by Shagari's regime, and people were grateful to Buhari for taking the measures he did.

The scarcity was not caused by shagari but by the government that did not empower the people to be productive but look up to the government for daily needs.
If the manufacturers of those goods were in Nigeria would the goods be hauded?
Almost all the goods were imported. What did the government the do in form of policy to attract investors?

The starting is always rough. My boss told me, " the foundation every great empire was never attractive".

If we fail to consolidate on this giant step this adminstration has taken. It will take a lot of energy and time to start rightly again.

We all are shouting Dangote, how did he made it till now? Government made importation of cement unattractive till he was able to find his feet.

This is how every great nation started.

From

Indonesia to china.

How do we want to start?

Adminisher:
You are a liar on the roads. Please don't insult us. I am 8 months New in the country and just travelled Uyo Calabar.
There are a lot of other roads completely destroyed. As for railways I am not impressed and I said the same from the regime of Obasanjo who actually started the rehabilitation of railways. We are not scratching the surface of what we should have been doing in this sector. Jonathan and his clique have been looting the budget, awarding road contra thrice stealing monies and completing the roads with borrowed Chinese money. If you have not looked for information and probed deeply enough then do that and don't do idle praise and worship of man here.

As for Car Manufacturing I want to cry when I hear your display of ignorance. Car assembly and partial manufacturing was a well developed sector in Nigeria when Jonathan was still just a poor university graduate.
Nigeria was making Peugeot and Volkswagen cars with progressive value adds up to 30%. Indeed PAN in Kaduna s still exporting cars to the west African region. Jonathan did not do anything new in encouraging car production and that is a grouse I have with the architect of th policy Aganga who has not methodically supported value chain diagram to ensure that the intermediate products that go into cars are also available locally. All he has said is that the manufacturer will bring in his supply chain. Pipe dream.

How many Nigerian government officials and agencies used Nigerian assembled cars then? What incentive did our government give them to make them fight go remain with us?

This government has made import of these car unattractive. This is how you know a government who is serious with both job creation and local initiative economic empowerment.

Adminisher:
You are a liar on the roads. Please don't insult us. I am 8 months New in the country and just travelled Uyo Calabar.
There are a lot of other roads completely destroyed. As for railways I am not impressed and I said the same from the regime of Obasanjo who actually started the rehabilitation of railways. We are not scratching the surface of what we should have been doing in this sector. Jonathan and his clique have been looting the budget, awarding road contra thrice stealing monies and completing the roads with borrowed Chinese money. If you have not looked for information and probed deeply enough then do that and don't do idle praise and worship of man here.

You say your 8 months old in Nigeria. You came at the wrong time. Alot of transformation has taken place. Last year when l went to Lagos, l was impressed with the level of change on the road. When l was going back by November ending l only met one point where hawker sell their wear due to bad road. The rest of the places was empty of hawkers due to good road. Ask frequent road users.

theV0ice:
This applies more to gej. He's ruled for 60months, how many promises has he kept?

Yet he started another litany of promises yesterday

Our federal roads has never had it so good since independence, a promise kept.

Our railway has never been so good as it is now since independence, a promise kept

For the first time in Nigeria, government agencies use Nigerian assemblied cars. A promise kept

When last did you hear of plane crash in Nigeria, courtesy aviation revitalization, a promise kept.

He made sure every state has a federal university. A promise kept

Nepa was successfully privatizated, a promise kept

Agriculture was given a great boosts, a promise kept.

And more

I want to ask.

What did previous government did that this government should have continued to improve that it did not, from the first president that ever ruled Nigeria till now?

FrankC3:
Even Buhari himself know that he acts as the 'spirit' directs. There is no reason at all, he just felt like jailing him. Asking Buhari to give you a reason for any of his action is asking for too much. It is more than 2 weeks now and he has not shown you his certificate, now you are asking him to explain something.

If he can snub Oputa Panel, be sure that he will snub any request to explain anything.

The he is not cut out for a Democratic government

Anyone can make promises but only a hand few can keep half of their promises. To know who can keep a promise, check their pass record.

How many of similar promises did they keep.

Its the advantages to other business card better if price a put into considerations. This is the idea behind innovation.

Imagine 100 pieces of paper business card costing just 3000 naira.

PassingShot:
Jonathan shot himself in the foot when he made that statement. Now he will be told how he is worse than those statesmen he compared to touts. And in actual sense, he is actually worse than each and everyone of them.

Anyone who doesn't like president Jonathan has not travelled outside his state in the last four year.

whatlyf:
I am not being myopic. Anybody can cook up story and post on web. Private chat?

My counsin's neighbor at aba in abia state last two year was a benefitiary. I thought it was propaganda myself till l saw it.

Nigeria is handicapped information wise. We should try making a visit with places and people rather than asking for pics and video.

BRAV0O:
#iqouteu




at this point, as at today not any sane person on this forum have that strong urge campaigning for Gej , if Gej himself is not behind this monicker then it as to be his close relative cus he's the only one that understand himself and give meaning to many of his goof statement!

Mind you ? Your doom is tic tac!

Someone will also think buhari is a nairalander in you

agarachaa:
Must Nigerians have to pass through this each time there is an election in the country? I mean, it's sad that just because one person is coming, then others should suffer

http://www.konfamblog.net/2015/01/see-how-standstill-lagos-state-is-at.html

You have never been to Lagos. If no you would have known traffic is a normal thing in Lagos. President coming or not

londoner:
To be fair, the poster did not say he know Mbaka personally. If you know someone personally you don't have to follow with the words "I followed his ministry over the years". It would rather be, he is the elder brother of my wife, or he is a very close family friend.

You may want to verify whether he knows Mbaka PERSONALLY.............

He said he knows mbaka very well. That is my point. A man we have not shared a meal with before. Which man can claim to know his wife very well.

He claim to have followed the man ministerially to be able to defend his financial inlets and outlets.

My point is, don't defend anyone except yourself.

mentorandfriend:
Laughter wan kill. See defense o. This Jonathanians sef, how low can you guys get in trying to soil the image of anyone that speaks the truth about the mess we're in as a country? This guys piss me off. For your information, I know Father Ejike Mbaka very well and have followed his ministry closely for many years. He speaks about peity and sobriety, rejecting worldly riches. Offerings are immediately channeled to the welfare of widows and orphans of the ministry. He has stood the test of trials and persecutions over the years because of his impeccable integrity. This is who you are trying to mangle in your oil block rubbish. Nonsense.

Are you sure you know him. No man is worth defending in money matter except a dead man.

THE LAW AND CHRIST

Mathew 5:17, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil."

The word destroy means to damage beyond use, to put down.

The word fulfil means to satisfy, carry out, bring to completion. To obey, follow, comply with.

From the aforementioned, Jesus was saying " I did not come to put and end to the law, or the prophet: I came to carry it out, obey it".

Jesus came to show us how to obey the law as an example, then died: his blood serving as a cleanser to clean us from sins we have committed before we came to the knowledge of how to obey the law.

THE LAW

The law is divided into: MORAL LAWS AND SACRIFICIAL LAWS

The moral law teaches man how to live peaceably with his neighbor, while the sacrificial law handle the atonement in case of failure to obey the moral law. The sacrificial law was made for the moral law and not the moral law for the sacrificial law. The moral law came before the sacrificial law, because there must be a failure of the moral law before the sacrificial law can come in. If the moral law is not broken, the sacrificial law is dormant/not effective.

Because man didn't know how to obey the moral laws, sacrificial laws seems to have over taken the moral law. People now sees sacrifice as bigger than obedience. This ignorance is what caused Saul the throne of Israel.

The sacrifice with animal blood could not take away sin. It covered the sin, this is the second reason for Christ come. To give his blood as a ransom for washing away our sin. There is a misconception that the blood of Jesus stops us from sinning. No! it doesn't. It cleanses us from sin. What make us stop sinning is learning from Jesus how he overcame. He said, "learn of me". I have the secret, " it is necessary that a servant be like his master". A servant only become like his master through learning.

JESUS TEACHING ON TITHE

Many has asked, "where did Jesus say we should tithe?"

Mathew 23:23, " Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgement, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

The above statement is an affirmation of tithing by Jesus. Jesus critisied the scribes and Pharisees for tithing the smallest of their products ( mint and anise and cummin) not because it was not good or made away with, no! but because, they overlooked the foundation of the law. Jesus was saying do the weightier things first, then come and do this by saying, "these ought ye to have done, and not leave the OTHER UNDONE". Mathew 23:26 made it clearer.

THE WEIGHTIER MATTER OF THE LAW

There are two school of thought about the effectiveness of the law as relate to our time.

One is of the opinion that has been made away with the death of Christ on the cross.

The other is of the opinion that a part of the law is still very much effective while a part was made away with the death of Christ.

I will by the Spirit of God expand this issue for better comprehension.

There are weightier matters of the law. The weightier matters of the law is what makes the less weightier matters acceptable to God. Without the weightier matters of the law in place, the less weightier matters of the law doesn't matter. The weightier matters of the law makes us insiders. Outsiders cannot partake of it. It is were the secret of who we are is. It cannot be copied.

WHY DO WE CHRISTIANS SHOW APPRECIATION TO OUR GOD THROUGH TITHE?

I once told someone,"if the reason why you worship God is blessing/heaven, your a fraudulent worshiper". I have not still change my position on this. A true worshiper, is a lover. He/she is a lover of God. In my cause of studying the bible I came to understand one fact. "Every outstanding personality in the bible was a lover of God".

WHO IS A LOVER

A lover is a person who does anything to please the loved. Someone who will go out of his/her way to please you without expecting a reward is a lover. We misunderstand lust to be love. Lust has a reason to do what it does, love doesn't. Love appreciates one for who he/she is not what they can get out of them. Love is not a talking, but a doer. The proof of love is action not words.

PROOF OF LOVE

The proof of love is in action not in confession. Abraham proved his love to God by losing his nationality to a country he knew nothing about (Genesis 12:1). Joseph proved his love for God by going to prison rather than defile himself with portiphar's wife (Gen. 38). Moses proved his love to God by losing his place in the royal house of Egypt (Gen. 2:11-15). Who will I name and who will I leave?

God proved His love to us by giving us His Son (John 3:16). Jesus himself proved his love to us by giving himself up to die for us (John 15:13).

Know one who truly love God, that will overlook the smallest thing that will promote Gods kingdom. It is love that drives us to give/ obey God, not what we then to gain.