The concealed fragments of President Muhammad Buhari’s exorbitant visit to the United State are beginning to emerge, and stakes are not looking too good. Sources reveal that the White House is completely disappointed about a total lack of preparedness by the Nigerian contingent to discuss vital issues about both countries. The Obama administration also decried a poor presentation of policy needs and updates made by the Nigerian leader. “May be we are not reading from the same script, but the overall message by Barack is that they should go get themselves together, then get back with us,” a White House insider said. “We are just being polite about this because your President doesn’t seem to understand a whole lot about government,” confided another source.

The White House was disappointed that Buhari’s contingent had no presentation about working with the United States to salvage their crumbly economy. For instance, the Nigeria’s economy under Buhari has no prospects at the moment. The currency’s exchange values is worsening while the President visited without any economic crew. Nigeria has a mono-economy that is dependent largely on oil, and the United States has since suspended oil importation from Nigeria. US imports from Nigeria, mostly crude oil and other petroleum products, rose from more than 24 billion dollars in 2005 to over 38 billion in 2008, but dropped sharply to less than four billion last year largely because of America’s shale energy revolution. Yet President Buhari rendered no concerns about the impending economic consequence of these developments.

Weeks before the visit, the U.S. had communicated the significance of the visit as an opportunity to the Buhari’s regime to boot up the relations between the two countries. Under Jonathan’s administration for instance, U.S. relations with Nigeria dropped, with officials raising concerns about the government’s ability to fight Boko Haram, particularly after the kidnapping of some 200 Nigerian schoolgirls. “We informed them early enough and even asked to assist them to make considerable argument to earn exceptional U.S. support to the regime, especially in areas of security and commerce, but they blew it,” another source confided.

To make it worse, President Buhari shocked his hosts with his vastly publicized comment that the US has “aided and abetted” the Boko Haram Islamist militant group by refusing to provide weapons to Nigeria. This comment, it was gathered angered some members of the Obama administration who now raise doubts about President Buhari’s earnestness in collaborating with the U.S. in solving his security problems.

Another blunder was made when President’s Buhari, in defense of his cabinet-selection delays, published an op-ed in Washington Post, wrongly accusing President Obama of equally delaying his cabinet selection in the initial stage of taking office. Wrote Buhari, “It is worth noting that Obama himself did not have his full Cabinet in place for several months after first taking office; the United States did not cease to function in the interim.”

“I don’t know where he got that information,” said Oshiokpekhai Utu-Orbih, a Nigerian attorney and writer based in the United States. “I am still trying to come in terms with the rationale of the above statement in the said article other than the fact that President Buhari has gone to press to lie against his host in a bid to justify his dictatorial rule over Nigeria,” Utu-Orbih said.

Utu-Orbih wrote in his own column, “After the historic election of 2008, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America on January 20, 2009. On January 21, he appointed Hilary Clinton as Secretary of State; on February 2, 2009, he appointed Eric Holder as Attorney General, then Ken Salazar as Secretary of Interior on 20th January 20. Obama continued with Tom Vislack, Agriculture January 21; Ray LaHood , Transportation January 23; Stephen Chu, Energy, January 20, and Janet Napolitano, Homeland Security, January 21. I can go on and on. Must Buhari rewrite the American history because of his disdain for constitutionality?”

President Buhari had reportedly stormed the U.S. with about 229-man delegation considered the biggest in Nigerian democratic history. This contingent it was gathered, cost Nigeria about N2.2billion. Most disappointedly, the list of delegates and their level of preparedness created more doubts about the President’s commitment to issues of foreign policy and commerce: a claim echoed in Buhari’s speech during the visit – a poorly composed treatise, substantially lacking, with no connections to the objectives of his exorbitant diplomatic voyage. Obama ceremoniously praised his guest, stating that he would discuss how the two nations can cooperate on counter-terrorism and how the US “can be helpful in addressing some of the corruption issues that have held Nigeria back”. But his message also signaled a “no-deal” agreement until Buhari brings forth a credible request for collaboration and assistance, or show some seriousness in handling his current mandate.





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Weixzy:
I don hear

amen and may God run your life the way buhari ran Nigeria both as president in 1983 and as ptf chairman under abacha

WAtch the pack of illitrate come withdifferent type of abuse instead of treating the issue raised in the write up or try to deflect attention from the illitrate that would stibilize oil price

It is only almajaris and tinubus pack of illitrates that would vote pa buhari. A man that told nigerians that abacha never stole is the change some idiots want us to embrace a weaking who cannot choose his own running mate. If the apc primaries was won by atiku he would have called the bluff of the corrupt frog eye and choosen his runing mate. By now

Quarter system prof.Bihari also told Nigerians that abacha never stole.if the prof is not a fool he would know that a Christian mean Christ like. If the prof is not a fool he would have told us the dictionary definination of stealing and corruption . no wonder we have so many ignorant and halfbaked graduates in Nigeria .when we have fools and illetrates as professors

aurenflani:
I still enjoys the dividends of PTF.

u would cos your Hausa Fulani.

Ndababa:
GMB was wise. How do you base your projects, like the present Gov't is doing, entirely on borrowing? Go ask about how much Nigeria borrowed since Paris club debt was cleared by Obj. That's not all, How much do you pay for Petrol since 2012? It just doesn't add up. If we had to pay more for PMS, we expect more development n less borrowing. But as GEJ's PDP knows, 16 > 19, the reverse is the case. Well, majority are blinded by hate. If you borrow money, the money keeps growing on an hourly bases, I bet the author of this post is oblivious to that basic fact.

Next......

shut up.that is why you people are so dumb that a 13year old that should be in school is caring bomb all about.america with the largest economy has more debt than any other country in the world.

hizroyalflynes:

Stop babbling pls
Did obj solved all Nigeria's problem
All the country u will readily ditch Nigeria for did they achieved there present status in 10yrs
Even buahri u are ranting about did he solve all Nigerian problems

i am surprised you responded to that lame hypocrite.

GoodMuyis:

Do Nigeria have Aerial Drone as at then?


If not for power why fighting for Jonathan, because you want the power too


So what prevent them from Leasing it, if thay can lease a Pastor Jet for arms deal

lame

chamboy:
if u dont have valid proof please stop rebroadcasting lies about the General

what do u mean by proof the oputa panel report is their for you to go and read and educate yourself .I know u are one of those tinubu little kids running around nairaland.your bihari ran to court when he was called to come and face these facts. You may be running around in pampers then. If I may ask you what is the proof that gej is corrupt hypocrite when it comes to you corrupt general that ran this counrty aground with the likes of abacha and ibb then abacha again u ask for proof what other proof do u need than all the abacha loot that has been returned to Nigeria that buhari helped him steal through ptf.

The mantra making the rounds now in the opposition circles is: Buhari is the change we need. One wonders how much of this Buhari the orchestrators know. Or are just blinded by the propaganda of the All Progressives Congress (the APC), a political party, which wants everybody to believe its Government will come with it a magic wand to drive away all the nation’s problems in one fell-swoop? What is even more worrisome is that they believe the magician is Muhammadu Buhari. This puritan image being painted of the man is simply not true, and Nigerians need to be told the truth about the real Buhari, who he is and what he actually represents; and why his returning to power has become such an obscene obsession for him. Perhaps how Buhari carried out his PTF assignment provides the best vista into his person and the psychoanalytic contents of his character. Three things stand out irrepressibly in the Buahri harrowing PTF days, namely: 1) his concentration of over 70% (in some cases, 100%) of all the PFT projects in the north regardless of the fact that the regions in the south might have greater needs for the PTF intervention; 2) the massive frauds that went unsupervised under his watch, which he publicly acknowledged but claimed ignorance and no benefit; and 3) Buhari’s nepotic choice of consultants who were used to siphon the PTF funds that were uncovered by independent investigative committees. The Abacha regime created the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF) in 1994, headed by Major General Muhammed Buhari, now the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (the APC). When, in 1994, the late General Sani Abacha invited the former Head of State to serve as head of the newly created Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund (PTF), he gave one condition for this acceptance: He must be given the title of Executive Chairman, and he must have a free hand to run the Fund as he deemed fit, without any interference from anyone, including the head of state. The idea of the PTF was to create a Trust Fund into which all excess income from the price increase would be paid, and from which the Fund would intervene in critical areas of the economy in such a manner as to directly benefit ordinary Nigerians. It is reminiscent of the SURE-P of the Goodluck Jonathan administration. Buhari’s main qualification was that he was considered to be both a strict disciplinarian and an incorruptible man. And he was for this reason expected to ensure that the fund was properly and justly utilized. But the reality, in the end, was a story of massive and clinical looting of the public treasury, favouritism and nepotism. Gen. Buhari was Executive Chairman of the Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund from its inception in 1994, to its disbandment by the Obasanjo administration in 1999. According to the report of the Interim Management Committee, which was set up in that year to investigate the affairs of the Fund, the total income accruing to the Fund from mid-1994 to July 1999 was in excess of N181 billion. There were six major areas in which the PTF intervened directly during the period. They were: roads and waterways; supply of educational materials and rehabilitation of educational infrastructure; food supply; health; water supply; and what was curiously termed other projects. Shockingly, Buhari ensured that over 70% of the projects in the 6 categories were done in the north. What a fair-minded officer and gentleman. A nationalist indeed who shall bring the change we all desire! The management structure of the Fund reflected how Buhari ran the affairs of the country as head of state, when he abdicated all responsibilities to Tunde Idiagbon. He was just satisfied with being the executive chairman, as he was with being called head of state and c-in-c. And, without being accountable to anybody, at the PFT, Buhari exuded the impression he was an alternate Head of State. The same way he kowtowed to Idiagbon was the same way he handed over PTF to a single consultant, Afri-Projects Consortium (APC), as the sole adviser to the Fund. This agency- Afri-Projects Consortium – was given the exclusive power to initiate projects, assess their probable cost, approve the costs, execute the projects, and assess the quality of execution, all alone by Buhari. Nobody questioned their actions and legality of the powers they exercised. After all, puritan Buhari was watching. Since Buhari was not accountable to even Abacha who appointed him and board set up to supervise the PTF was supplanted by APC at the behest of Buhari, it meant the PTF functioned like a parallel government. The submission of Afenifere to the Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission (HRVIC) led by Justice Chukwudifu Oputa gives an incredible insight into Buhari’s biased and nepotic disposition to the other parts of country. Afenifere noted at the Oputa Panel that nothing else typifies the marginalisation of the Yoruba nay the south than the lopsidedness of the projects carried out by the PTF. Figures from PTF Situation Reports (Vol. 2 Dec. 98) show that the PTF carried on as if there was no Southern Nigeria, as well over 70% of projects were shamelessly taken to the north by Buhari. For the avoidance of doubt, let us attempt sector by sector analysis here. Of all the roads rehabilitated by the PTF, only 1984.5 kms of roads representing 24% were carried out in the entire South; from where the bulk of the PTF revenue came since the south consumes over 70% of refined petroleum products. Out of this paltry figure, South West got 10.5% while South east and south south combined, got only 13.5% of all the roads, despite being ravaged by erosion and swamps. What this means is that all the Southern States had 4,440.43 kms or 24 per cent of road rehabilitation as against 13,870.47 kms or 76 per cent in the Northern States. The North-West States of Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara had a lion share of 5020 kms or 27.42% because the Fund’s Chairman, puritan Buhari and the military dictator Sani Abacha were from there; The North-East States of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe picked 23.48 per cent. This is the zone where Salihijo Ahmed, the late Chief Executive of Afri-Project Consortium APC, the sole consultants that supervised all PTF projects came from. The Afenifere submission showed further the Figures in other sectors were even more callous. For instance, under the National Health and Educational Rehabilitation Programme (NHERP), the entire south had zero allocation in the tertiary programme, while the North picked 100%. In the vocational programme, the entire South had 3% while the North had 97%. In the primary area, the South recorded 12% as against 88% for the North and in the secondary area, it was 14% for the entire South and 86% for the North, again courtesy of the fair-minded general who the APC says will bring the change we need. The health sector is also similar. For the Teaching Hospitals, the South had 38% while the North had 62%. For the Specialist Hospitals, it was 29% for the South and 71 per cent for the North; in General/State Hospitals the south had 44% while the North had 56%. For health clinics, it was zero for the entire South against the North’s 100 per cent. Under the food supply summary, the South had 17% compared with 83% for the North, Buhari’s zone having 60.54 per cent to itself. Figures do not lie. Why should a fair-minded nationalist run the PTF in such lopsided manner? Is he seeking votes to return to power to wreck more underdevelopment to the southern Nigeria? On the massive fraud discovered when PTF was disbanded in 1999, the prudent, puritan general only defence was that he was not aware that such massive frauds went on his watch, but that in any event, he could not have benefited personally. What manner of defence! And of cause he has remained poor ever after and had to take a loan from banks to purchase nomination forms. Buhari must believe Nigerians are a bunch of idiots to tell such a story, despite driving a fleet of armored jeeps. In the end, the independent consultants concluded that of the N181 billion that accrued to PTF in the four and a half years of its existence between July 1994 and July 1999, as much as N25 billion was either stolen or improperly expended, under our anti-corruption crusader! For a moment let us accept that Buhari was not aware of the massive frauds at the PTF and dis-empowerment of the entire southern Nigeria in his PTF days. This poses even a greater danger because it means a cabal would naturally run the country if he becomes President. If a much younger Buhari could not stop fraud and dis-empowerment of the entire southern Nigeria in the PTF, can an octogenarian Buhari do any better? The tragedy of the PTF recounted clearly shows that Buhari is an unrepentant dictator who is not prepared to listen to anybody. This explains why he told Achacha he would not account to anyone as Chairman of PTF. Can this same Buhari who ran a parallel Government with PTF, be subjected to democratic practices and ethos, like allowing the Legislature and Judiciary to run as envisaged by the 1999 Constitution? Is the quintessential principle of separation of powers, which govern democracy, possible in a Buhari Presidency? Aside torpedoing democracy in 1983 for no just cause and being an unapologetic Islamic fundamentalist, Buhari is, by nature and training, anti-democratic. He abhors the press and press freedom. He just cannot bear the fact that all human beings are born equal. To him, there are blue-bloods and talakawas whose place in life is hewing wood and drawing water. The world has moved from such atavism and Nigeria should not be dragged back to it in fulfillment of Buhari’s inordinate ambition.

Read full article here: http://www.opinions.ng/the-buhari-ptf-days-the-untold-story/

PStacks:
If GEJ brings high speed trains,

Buhari would bring Bullet Trains.

I can't endure GEJ another term lai lai..

Never.. Not even if GEJ would offer me heaven on earth in nigeria.

like the one he canceled during his tyrannical reign. As your father who cancelled the EKo light rail project.I know your a kid

LordMecuzy:
Is dat pix here in Nigeria?

no its Ghana.maybe your one of those who has been listening to tinubu and his pack of liers and corrupt entity that gej has done nothing.

atlwireles:


A trip to Ojo lagos will not be a bad idea. At least you can see with your own eyes.

how would he when his in a cave in one rumu in choba

AKUNWATA1:
BARCANISTA OH I GUESS HES STILL IN JAIL LAKPALAKPA OBIAGELLI NGENEUKWUENU EGIFT DONPHILOPUS GBAWE
WHERE ARE YOU GUYS

u won't find these anti progress in a Nigerian progressive thread .if u want to see them post a propaganda about gej

9ijaprince:


http://www.ngex.com/business/public/Broadcast-by-President-Obasanjo-on-Nigerian-Railway-Modernization-and
well i am not obj's fan but i remember he made a nationwide broadcast sometime in 2006 on a major breakthrough on railway construction.

I said picture your writing epistle are u aware too that he laid foundation stone too for second Niger bridge where is the bridge your very funny

Adelaide2:
All GMBites will go to hell for their unappreciation of GEJ (he is not perfect but better than those before him and certainly than GMB
I will stop being a Nigerian if GMB (= Tinubu) becomes president. Thank God I have dual citizenship already

u won't see them here it doesn't help their propaganda that gej has done nothing

9ijaprince:
this is wonderful. but i thought obasanjo in 2006 laid a foundation for this project

which obj show us a picture where he laid it.

this is what our past leaders could not achieve from Buhari in 1983 to obj in 2007 and gej did it in 4years yet some apc hypocrites would say he has done nothing.more pictures of his world class projects coming soon stay tuned

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDS7VmZYMcU. Watch the new kaduna rail that kpmg rated .yet some fools would say gej has don nothing. Buhari cancelled a rail project like this that jakande initiated and jailed him for no cause.and lagos state paid a huge sum for buharis cluelessness

amakaeugene:
yeah we have tried clueless in aso rock, lets try an extremist

we have also tried buhari in 1983 we knew how we queued up just to get ordinary soap.if u didnt witness it go listen to fela beast of no nation or ask you father.all the nonsense talk about fighting corruption that he helped institutionalize with is fellow tyrant abacha and ibb and later abacha as ptf chairman why didnt he fight it then.

donemperor:
Nigeria cannot afford another 4 years under GEJ.At least Buhari knows that corruption is stealing!!!!!!!!Sometimes i wonder how anybody can defend GEJ with a straight face.Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but that Abba Moro is still in office tells me all i need to know.....Buhari for 2015!!!!!!

he knows that is why he said abacha did not steal and was not corrupt

sweetgala:


2 years actually, and you might want to go review the improvements experienced then written in nigerian history for all to see.
I read an article recently that revealed they were so much pressed with sense of duty that Buhari/Idiagbon did not concern themselves with rumours of an impending Babangida Coup .

Compare that to GEJ who has spent the last 2 years instigating political battles.

no need for reveiw we witnessed it if u didnt listen to felas beast of no nation or ask you parent .we got suspended from united nation because of his human right abuse even when he served under abacha we got suspended to. Fpr the same human right abuse .under buhari nigeria. Queued for essential goods like soap.

ISpiksDaTroof:


Wow.

December 31st 1983- August 27th,1985 is "3-5yrs"?

I really feel bad for most of you. The worst thing is for a person to be sick but believe himself the healthiest person on earth.

did u add his role in abacha's government that he ran aparallel government as ptf chairman

bitterpenis:
I am a christian from the Niger Delta, GMB has my vote, same goes for relatives and friends from the region, our so called brother has failed, and he is still failing, no sentiments, he is not competent and definitely has to be voted out

all these internet niger deltan .

Chubhie:
please un stuck from GEJ maybe the transformer in my end can see light after 3 days total blackout.

if i may ask what power infrastructure did buhari,ibb,abacha,obj left built or left behind during their tenure?

idumuose:
Hmmm! What can i say here.Are you saying Buhari did not do any single thing in the south east as PTF chairman?

Do you also believe the story? For the fact that as PTF chairman,buhari built some roads in Awka makes me believe he did something.

Go and ask Awka people and they will show you the roads built by PTF.The in Umudioka after post office linking Amenyi and other inner roads in Awka
were done by PTF.

buhari built 70% of northern road and 22% for the whole south togeth .that was why he ran from oputa panel where afinifere and others wanted to confront him.he ran to court just like his fellow corrupt compatriot babangida yet some fools would tell us his not corrupt and his upright! When it got to the time to prove his uprightness and his so called incorruptible man he. Ran to court. Pls sir why did buhari run to court to avoid oputa panel if his not corrupt?

salivanj:
US and Israeli Supported Nigerian Administration Intensified Their Wicked Attempts of Killing the Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria

Recently the Nigerian government under Jonathan’s administration working for America and the illegal state of Israel have intensified their wicked attempts of killing the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky (H).Where other so called leaders have kept mute for fear of their lives and remain humiliated, Sheikh Zakzaky has never failed to expose the evil machinations of the Nigerian government and has always identified with the flight of the people of Nigeria.

Read More:http://whatsupic.com/news-politics-world/1416125643.html

now that boko is about to meet its water loo the imams are ramping up the pressure with propaganda and unfounded aligations to deceive the tons of million brain washed almajaris.when will you people stop all this nonsense.. THanks for letting us know that Shakua is one of your imam, this man is breeding another terrorist group I hope the sss is watching him

berem:
nigga please! I was only responding to the guy abusing him. Keep quiet biko!

nigga I asked you a simple question would you propogandist do same ?

NafeesaAA:


This is not politics, where did you see PDP or APC. This is about reactions to some questions raised. Did any one tell you Christians where attacked or Churches burnt.

you see your reasoning so it's only when apc and pdp is mentioned that it becomes political?. It becomes religious and political the moment the speaker mentioned can and the insinuation that white people were seen. What the bigots are saying is that it's can and Israel that is killing people not boko haram