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wyman3:

What a long epistle

Do you want a summary?

Relative to where we are coming from, 50:50 is a fair score, however it is not nearly good enough considering where Nigeria is today and where it needs tobe. Before reviewing the Buhari/Osinbajo score, let’s make a quick
mention of the grades of the previous administrations:
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Olusegun Obasanjo (PDP)
Scoring 50% in anti-corruption (going after his enemies mostly, but it was a good start), 10% in development (due to all developmental policies being corrupt and exploitative privatization, ala, cabalization), with 70% in public and investor confidence, but 10% in Security (allowing Boko Haram and MEND to evolve and take root), and 20% in poverty emancipation, on his watch, the
Obasanjo administration scored a 32% overall.
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Late Umaru Yar’adua (PDP)
Late Yar’adua who appeared to be a go-slow president scored 85% on Security (totally eradicating Boko Haram and initiating comprehensive deradicalization plans to maintain the success; plans immediately abandoned by his successor, Goodluck Jonathan; he failed to hit 90%+ in Security due to the errors and construct of the MEND Amnesty, for offering a blanket amnesty in spite of those with death on their hands, and wasting capital training the ex-militants abroad); Yar’adua scored 50% in Confidence (being a first to publicly declare his assets, but thought to be going slow, while he was actually consolidating his power and actively pursuing the corrupt cabal who put him there, the public thought he was going slow not realizing he was seriously and riskily going after the big fish). He scored 80% in poverty emancipation (reducing pump fuel costs e.t.c.), he scored 60% in development (very unlike his predecessor Yar’adua set out to overturn the corrupt privatizations of his predecessor, an act that has been
suspected to have led to poisoning to speed-up his death), he scored 50% in anti-corruption (starting slow but then as previously mentioned, Yar’adua at the time of his death had given an order to the EFCC to go after anyone including his predecessor Obasanjo, which according to Wikileaks got him highly irritated and demonstrably and actionably perturbed). Overall late Yar’adua scored 73%.
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Goodluck Jonathan (PDP)
Immediate former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan scored 0% on development (entirely all his developmental projects were executed at 4 times the true cost with crippling foreign loans in spite of Nigeria’s oil income with oil selling steadily at a very high rate; further his privatization scam which followed the Obasanjo model saw public assets gifted to the cabal at one-sixth their market value, like the PHCN case). Jonathan scored 0% in public confidence, losing this even before he was elected the minute he banned the Nigerian national soccer team for losing in the world cup; he continued to tank confidence inspiring series of protests and mass discontent with scandals upon scandals and upsetting policies including the sudden petrol subsidy removal of January 2012 which led to mass protests. College lecturer strikes, an almighty oil goddess minister of petroleum, protecting and freeing convicted corrupt officials and cabal, and total loss of control of his regime
sent his numbers to the floor if not below; Jonathan scored 0% in poverty alleviation with not a single scheme to alleviate the suffering of the masses (the former president lost millions of jobs due to poor policies and terror which rendered the entire northeast jobless; while claiming success with Agriculture this is analytically contested because with the northeast farming belt out of production and as evidenced by the continuous increase in food cost the figures from the Agriculture ministry cannot be factually supported or scientifically substantiated). Goodluck Jonathan scored 0% in anti-corruption (throughout his tenure corruption was rather redefined in positive light and actively defended and while not a single corrupt official was reasonably
sentenced, jailed corrupt grandmasters were given presidential pardons). And to cap the list, on Security , the Jonathan administration rather than abate terror, promoted terror and insecurity with top government Security officials and its Army Chiefs being directly accused and indicted in supporting, sponsoring terror, crimes against humanity, protecting terrorists and terror masterminds and war crimes. This administration actually employed and heavily paid terrorists in
preference to the State security department to “protect” State infrastructure. MEND, Boko Haram, Ombatse and the like enjoyed impunity and became official franchises of the administration used to drain the economy and assist the administration make political gains. Because in this scoring we are not giving negatives, we again score the previous Jonathan administration 0% on terror. In total, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan scored 0%.
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President Muhammadu Buhari (APC)
While it is obviously too early to grade the performance of this administration just two weeks into its tenure, we must recognize that in spite of the precluding drastically debilitated state the Buhari regime received Nigeria from the PDP regimes and Babangida and co dictatorships past, a year is made up of only 27 copies of two-weeks and everyday counts in rescuing Nigeria from the abyss and final collapse.
On Public confidence, so far the Buhari administration has scored 40%. A slight blunder and publicity clarity delay by the new media team got anxious Nigerians momentarily worried that the Buhari/Osinbajo team were not anxious to publicly declare their assets, though they were operating within the time frame as approached by the Yar’adua government who likewise first waited
for CCB verification (a new media team, not necessarily being strategists or working with a strategic advisory team could be responsible for this). A do-nothing approach to the happenings in the senate has further tanked public confidence. While this administration’s rapid and serious approach to Boko Haram terror attempts to raise confidence, the refusal of the APC
government to sack and investigate the implicated Army Chiefs, NSA and other State security personnel and redress the many death-sentenced junior officers keeps confidence ratings at a low. Sending the Army Chiefs to Borno, while seeming like a punishment of sorts fails to address the major Security accusations that resulted in deaths of tens of thousands and loss of Nigeria’s
territorial integrity, and the electoral manipulations these Chiefs the administration is cuddling, stand seriously accused of. Over reliance and patronage of foreign colonialist nations is also not a good look for the
administration. In Security , while the swift action and Command center relocation gives positive ratings, a lack of serious and if needed, repercussive note to Nigeria’s Boko Haram implicated neighbours, and for the aforementioned lapses – retaining the failed Security heads — the administration scores a low 40%.
On poverty alleviation, the Buhari APC government scores a 60% due to its serious policy at federal and state levels to restructure cabinets, downsizing them to reduce waste. A promise to reduce the salaries of the president is a positive note in leading by example. On anti-corruption the government scores a natural 50% as already, leading up to its inauguration and continuing, loot is being returned. A swift warning to Ministries to withhold payments to contractors, gave a promise of seriousness on graft. Courting known corrupt party financiers and officials and sending these as government representatives as well as being accompanied by them to foreign functions eats seriously into the new government’s anti-corruption posture and promise as also does the inauguration promise not to witch hunt
past administrators who have wrecked the nation and continue to do so having purchased all state assets and land and established usurping utility oligopolies with looted commonwealth. However with the posture of the EFCC on corruption thus-far, with the dismissal of charges on the 19 billion naira fraud case against former Bayelsa state governor, Timipre Sylva (APC), the administration is not looking very good and honest in its first days. Will this administration like the past Obasanjo one go after enemies and protect friends? Finally on development, the Buhari government scores a 40%,
having not presented any radical strategy to positively transform the nation. We gave him a score on this sector based on his decisiveness in tackling Boko Haram terror as there can never be development without first
establishing security of life and property of Nigerians and ultimately, investor confidence that pegs on a stable environment. Also rumours of the new president being in charge of the ministry of petroleum are reassuring towards developmental success.
In conclusion, while it is indeed too early to gauge the young Buhari/Osinbajo government, it is necessary that we are not carried away having been deprived and rendered totally hopeless during the immediately previous administration, to unduly appraise the current administration. A compassionate score of 50 (the score is artificially inflated to the shortness of the measured time span) while not being a fail is rather too low for Nigeria in need of serious, swift and sensible transformation. It is important to note that 50: 50 means, 50 good and 50 bad. 100% and higher is attainable. We, a nation of 170 million resilient, capable and talented citizens have the capacity to score much higher than we currently are. We strongly implore the new government to step-up.
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Ramnon2:
Just like we do not want to be clueless buhari or mere commissioner osunbade

Again, see the clueless commissioner you are so proud of

To you your own, and to us our own. You're the one coming in here, opening threads to spite others on behalf of a failure.

They call Saraki Judas Iscariot of Nigerian politics, now Breaking Times is the Judas Iscariot of the Nigerian press.

RevDesmondJuju:
The ceremonial vp position is more than enough for you.

Stop talking about Saraki because there was no way Tinubu's candidate would have won.

The biggest defeat for Tinubu yesterday was at the lower chamber where his candidate lost out.

Enjoy your change!

"Ceremonial VP?" Now that's what I am saying. Anything Tinubu must be made to look cheap. Would you call Ekwueme a ceremonial VP during the Shagati regime?

RevDesmondJuju:
You are still clinging to your Buhari.

Smh.

Buhari is effectively placing Tinubu where he belongs

Or rather, RevDesmondJuju and his friends are happy at any of Tinubu's perceived misfortunes. Rem. the 'I am for nobody' thing which you guys turned to mean Buhari is referring to Tinubu.

RevDesmondJuju:
Lol.

Una still dey blame PDP when Buhari was the brains behind Saraki's emergence.

By next week when Buhari returns from SA you go no say nah baba candidate be Saraki

Everybody is responsible for himself. Saraki is not a child and the common pulse is that he's a betrayer. He just got used by the PDP.

Ramnon2:
This response is stu.....pid. The only thing he could have achieved that I am not interested in is in being a mere commissioner VP.
BTW, can you and your clueless APC goons achieve what ''clueless'' GEJ achieved, becoming president without shoes? But I digress. Stop trying to derail this wonderful thread with your personal stupidity.

You failed to understand that we don't want to be GEJ, even as president, now or in the next life.

Ramnon2:
See evidence for commissioner Osinbade?

If you happen to be in the midst of 2 former Heads of State, and you're aspiring to become a VP, who among them would you request to give you a better chair? And, if it's about the look in that picture, who doesn't have some awkward stance in many photographs?

Ramnon2:
If they could rationalize ''clueless'' for GEJ, we could also do same for both Buhari and Osinbajo.

It has to be justified not rationalized. Let me give you a clue. Buhari is thought to be slow, even by us, his supporters. If you start a name in that line you may succeed. But if along the line he turns out not as thought, that your appellation goes in the bin. "Clueless" stuck not because somebody said so and so is, but because the so and so displayed that trait most of the times. So, for it to stick, it has to be justified.

Ramnon2:
Then APC folks called Jonathan a ''clueless fisherman''
Now PDP calls Buhari a ''clueless cattle rearer''
Saraki calls VP Osinbajo a ''mere commissioner''
So, from henceforth, Osinbajo should be referred to as ''commissioner Osinbajo''.

APC began giving PDP folks nicknames. Now is pay back time, no?
Meanwhile how is Tinubu doing today?

Correction: Such names are usually given by newspaper columnists who are able to justify them. Learned people wouldn't be using any 'commissioner' tag because it cannot be justified.

The dude may be there just to make sure nothing positive is achieved by Buhari. God pass them.

What's the implication of that?

UncleJudax:
Really? Well, you now know...you dont always get to decide who stays at the top.

Wait...it is still hypocrisy...spin it all you want.

If you've ever had somebody who tried to manipulate you, tell me how you treated him. Many are realizing that what's happening is about some with an agenda to thwart their wish. They may be up against that wish - and we'll see how far they can go. You cannot tell me from what happened yesterday that the picture, the endgame is not clearer to you and many.

modath:
I posted this morning that Atiku will never be president someone asked if I was "God", I responded that money in politics goes a long way which is all Saraki & Atiku has going for them, they have no influence beyond their immediate domain. Their powers begins and ends in their respective states.

Jagaban has made more a 100 reps, 50 senators, up to 10 govs, a VP & tanoids think he'll not bounce back from this?

PDP lawmakers donant the gravy train to stop & they know its with Saraki that they can impede baba's anti corruption campaign.

If Buhari isn't going for 2019 and supported Tinubu, none of them has a chance against him. Tinubu can get the SW, and on the help that he gave Buhari the North has a sympathy for him more than for Saraki or Atiku. I don't know of Kwara but Atiku could not deliver Adamawa if he were to be against Buhari in the last election. It's better to be just content and enjoy your loot once you're perceived as a backstabber.

UncleJudax:
Hypocrite! The same man that the APC couldn't wait to get on board.

People like you are so unaware; they don't know when they are about to cum

It's not hypocrisy. Some people could be tolerated but shouldn't be at the helm.

ALTERNATEID:
The president can no longer afford to stay neutral in this matter. Looking at the antecedents of Saraki and how he betrayed his party yesterday, it is very obvious he has his own personal agenda which seems to be at variance with that of the president and the APC. With Atiku and former PDP governors in the picture as well, it's obvious APC and the Buhari presidency is under threat. Tinubu and Buhari should not waste time in plotting the impeachment of both Saraki and Ekweremadu as soon as possible. The senate leadership is too sensitive to be left in the hands of an ambitious, corrupt and disloyal character.

Agreed 100% with the boldly colored.

modath:
Saraki has lost far more than he won!! It doesn't look that way now but unfolding events will prove it.

Definitely. The fate of Atiku will befall him. Atiku is powerful and if there's anything in this world he wants and can't get is the presidency. And bet you, this had to do with the way he treated OBJ - working with him in the open and stabbing him on the back. That act more than anything was what limited his chances of ever attaining his dream. You cannot be a Judas today and expect the people not to remember that tomorrow.
And one cannot expect APC, Buhari (though he's treating the case lightly) and Jagaban to sit and watch them have their way, since the cards are now opened. Remi and Lai have signalled how APC and Tinubu felt, and the line may have been drawn. It's either they destroyed Tinubu, APC and possibly Buhari or the Tinubu group, with the masses and party machinery behind them lull them and spring a surprise. Saraki, especially will have to contend with this force, plus the his colleagues (who felt shortchanged) and are loyal party supporters

The traitors have already lost something. Their constituencies have reverberated with surprise, shock and anger. I've heard people talking today that how could Dino Melaye and Ali Ndume be part of this anti-people stance. The un-printables names that were hurled at them are better not mentioned.

appini:
Buhari is really a dullard! Looking so confused everytime.... What a shame of a president.

And the clueless drunkard is the dullest.

IGBOSON1:
Who cares! Since some don't want southern solidarity cos of their superiority complex, make north kukuma take everything!

A lose-lose situation.

Even with the PDP victory today. Your party is showing Buhari how to play politics and you're here complaining.

millhouse:
before??. This is the NASS oga and not bourdillion state house of assembly

Is the NASS Atiku's property now, because some are saying he might have a hand in this.

BLOTRS:
even if the election is re-conducted over and over again, bukola saraki will still win over and over again...this is change, where 57 is greater than 51...lolzzz

That would've been better, if everybody who wants to partake in the elections is allowed. But no wahala, Baba has said that their emergence is constitutional.

Babacele:
There are going to be a lot of sacrifices, literately and philosophically! something must give way .

And Baba's reaction has dampened the TANoids' celebrations. He has accepted Saraki and Dogara, making it look like it's the APC that has won.

frankyychiji:
Don't tell me you underestimate the power of the nPdp caucus in Apc. Buhari's already knows this and has embraced Atiku and Amaechi tightly

Well, the coming days will reveal many things. I also learnt somewhere that PDP is doing all these so that Buhari's anti-corruption effort is crippled even before it starts.

So this is a PDP way of stalling Buhari's anti-corruption war. It's all about fear of the jail and therefore making sure that this country does not have a break with the past.

The two members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are allegedly standing behind the revolt against President Muhammadu Buhari and his party in the choice of the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The two men are ex-governors of a South-South and South-East states. It was gathered that the governors are said to have mobilised a big war for financing the political revolt against the aspirants endorsed by the president and his party for the position of Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The politicians are reported to have shaded the plan in a desperate attempt to enable that the APC, which is under the control of the majority in both chambers of the National Assembly, does not provide the two key principal.
They are said to have mobilised their members in the two chambers of the NASS and directed them not to work with the two men endorsed by the APC but to work with those who have defied the leadership of the APC and Buhari in the choice of the two principal officers.
The attention of Buhari is said to have been drawn to the activity of the two ex- governors before he left Nigeria for the G7 summit in Germany. Seemingly not being able to offer a response to the development, Nigeria’s leader is said to have transferred the matter to the National Leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, and asked him to take steps to ease the tension being made over the election of the two
principal officers.
Menwhile, though Tinubu has waded into the crisis with a view to ensuring that the APC produces the two leaders in the NASS, key loyalists of the president are said to be peeved that many senators and lawmakers under the platform of the party had openly revolted against the party.
A source revealed that the affected governors would be forced to face some disciplinary actions to be decided at the highest level of the party.
The source clarified: “We are sure that some of them would be made to sight their report cards with the new EFCC to be put in place by the president, which will not tolerate graft in any form. The feeling seems to be that the name of a former military officer being suggested as the chairman of the anti-corruption agency is already sending shock waves to some of the political actors in the country and they may not like to be caught on the wrong side of history.”
It should be noted that senator Bukola Saraki was elected as Senate President on June 9, today. The election held was majority of his party members were meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the International Conference Center in Abuja, a meeting Saraki shunned.

frankyychiji:
Atiku. Did you forget the nPdp caucus in Apc is also a formidable force? They have only taken their share.

Okay oo! Let's wait and see how it pans out. But let them 'member that Baba has unpaid fanatical supporters.

eagleeye2:
Abeg free my mentions. since you don't want to understand my POV.
I HAVE NO PERSONAL INTEREST IN WHAT HAPPENED AT NASS TODAY.
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AND WHAT IS SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE IS EQUALLY SAUCE FOR THE GANDER.
KAPISH.

I too have no personal interest. I am just opposed to the process of emergence. Good luck to him.

eagleeye2:
Pray tell what prevented them from being there
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Was the inauguration of the 8th Assembly fixed in the last 24 hours?
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You people should stop making excuses for all these greedy POLITICIANS.

Just because it favoured you having felt it was snub on APC leadership and Tinubu. Is that good enough to like what happened?

eagleeye2:
I have no personal interest in whatever that happened at the NASS today. But I hate it when people are being hypocritics as the APC supporters.
The TAMBUWAL debacle is not far from our memory and many people hailed it as GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY. NOW WHY CAN'T WE ALL HAIL THE EMERGENCE OF SARAKI AS GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY? WHY?

They should all be there, if you want it to be like Tambuwal's.