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This guys comments are really intelligent and if APC finds him annoying they should simply sit-up and put their house in order. If PDP can put its house in order by 2019 it might not be a bad idea to change this unprepared govt just as American change ruling parties every now and then - even Gambia and Ghana are following suit. Let's start changing incompetent govts every four years - right from the time of Jonathan let's only give fed govt 4 years to perform or be booted out. If Buhari knew he strictly had only 4years to deliver and no second term, he wouldn't have wasted 6months of his tenure doing monkey business with choosing his ministers thereby leading us into recession.He would have hit the ground running.Everybody can see the serious work Trump is doing with regards to his prospective cabinet members. So when he takes over he won't have to blame Obama unlike our govt - seems this people want to use their 4years blaming Jonathan and achieving nothing.

Benikuuse:
This Country Is Very Annoying. Ordega Benue People Were Very Proud Of You For Making The National Team But Here You Are Blasting Your Country, It Shows That You Are Representing Your Country Not For Passion But For Money. That Is Why I Love Mikel Obi

Passion my ass. Who country epp. When the chips are down wetin Nigeria do for Mikel ? And did the cash crunch affect the ministers salary and allowances ? No!!!

Story For The Gods !

Now I know Buhari has no solution to this recession. A good govt will focus on business and silently fight corruption without making noise but this govt neglects business and preoccupies itself with media corruption fights. One question for madam - what happens to Nigerian Women Against Hunger. That makes more sense and its impact can be felt and measured among Nigerians.

And our President wants to buy war planes from them. Hope no Nigerian will fly in them.

Newbiee:
Okonjo Iweala, a woman that had seen it all
could come out to say at an American
conference that the SEED OF THIS RECESSION
WAS PLANTED DURING THE JONATHAN REGIME
DUE TO OUR LACK OF FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE,
INABILITY AND LACK OF POLITICAL WILL TO
SAVE. People should not blame jonathan alone
for this because the profligate Nigerian
Governors too are culpable. He attempted to
save, but the governors demanded to take all the
savings citing constitutional right. Money they
took and stole at the same time. Our case is
pathetic.
Do you know that:
Obasanjo's administration earned # 17trn from
crude oil sales within eight years and left behind
45bn dollars external reserves and 3.348bn
dollars external debt.
Yaradua grew the reserves to 64bn dollars
within just one year and the administration was
able to finance 15 months of imports despite the
2008/2009 world economic meltdown. Hence,
Nigeria survived the melt down because of the
political will by the administration to save (a great
achievement by Yaradua which most Nigerians
are not aware of). Despite the tough economic
reality at that time, Yaradua left 47.7bn dollars in
reserves and an external debt of 3.94bn dollars.
Meanwhile, the administration earned only # 9trn
from crude oil sales within that short period.
Now, Jonathan administration witnessed an oil
boom when Brent crude sold for over 100
dollars/barrel, with the regime earning # 51trn
within a period of 5years. But because of
corruption, the administration did not only
squander the oil revenue but even depleted the
reserves left by Yaradua, leaving just 32bn
dollars and a huge external debt of 63bn dollars
for Buhari.
The same Brent crude sold for as low as 35
dollars/barrel at a point shortly after Buhari took
over power and had only managed to climb to
about 48 dollars just recently.
These are facts that can be verified. So, it's
amazing hearing people criticize Buhari for the
hunger in the land.
According to Fashola, Buhari's administration
inherited 206 uncompleted road projects and
contract arrears worth #2.1trn from Jonathan;
and for about 2 to 3 years the contractors where
not paid. This slowed down the economic
activities, with most of the companies laying off
their staff. This was when the seed of recession
was sowed.
It's obvious that Buhari came in to rescue
Nigeria, because if Jonathan had continued in
power, the nation's economic crisis would have
been worse, perhaps even the Federal
government wouldn't have been able to pay
salaries of civil servants by now.
According to Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria started
borrowing money to pay salaries since October,
2014; but today Nigeria now borrow money for
investment in capital projects.
Those who blame Buhari for the current
hardship do so either out of mischief (hatred) or
ignorance. So, we shouldn't join the bandwagon
in criticising him. He may not have done much to
save the situation, considering that he is not a
perfect human being but he means well for the
country and can only succeed with our prayers.
May Almighty God continue to guide Buhari
Administration and Nigerians in general.
Why not share this piece with others for the
sake of enlightenment and conscious prayers for
our nation. We have the responsibility to
enlighten others. Mischievous, ignorant people/
politicians should not drag us backwards.

Your boss saw the state of things and yet waited 6months to appoint ministers. I guess that was also Jonathan's fault? Foreign investors withdrew their investments becos of Buharis govt policies but u will rather have us blame Jonathan for that too. Which State Govt saved 1\100 of what Jonathan saved and Buhari spent and now looking for more thru loans. Buharis body language messed up the economy. Period!

I hope the dismissal and removal cuts across board. I hope political office holders and aides are affected too because they are the main cause why we are in this recession. What about the state House of Assembly - I hope their certificate screening will reach there and also review their salaries because I don't even see anything those lawmakers are doing other than sharing monies with the executives.

This govt is clearly against the youth knowing fully well that 95% of internet users are youths. No two ways about it. The youth are the future of this country and their creativity should not be stiffled but on the contrary subsidised. Now it will be more expensive for final year students to get their research materials from the net. This government is taking us backward when youths in other places are contributing to their societies thru the internet.

Is Akeredolu saying PMB didn't know what he was doing ? The President abandoned governance and went after unending probe and now we are in recession.

Kobicove:
"Good things will never seize in our homes"
Who wrote this nonsense?!

Typical Yoruba English.

mrrights:
My brother, it is not the duty of inec to help one party sort out its internal problems, so don't even go there at all. What concerned inec with who is popular or not? Would inec go about conducting survey to know who the party wants? If PDP is not matured enough to handle their party affairs, they should wind up rather than be disturbing other serious parties

Then we are not ready for true democracy - a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

Pedagogue:
My initial reaction was: If INEC postponed Edo election days to the election, what stops them from doing same...However, unlike in Edo, sensitive election materials had not been deployed before INEC (due to pressure from Oshiomhole & FG) postponed that election.

Besides, Jegede's argument is about logistics, not law. PDP and not Jegede's name is what is on the ballot. The party agents forwarded by the Poroye faction are all members of the PDP. Besides, the role of polling agents is to be present at the distribution of election materials and at the polling booth. The Electoral Act clearly provides that the non-attendance/non recognition of polling agents cannot invalidate an election. Jegede is a SAN. He should know better.

The euphoria over the court victory disappeared immediately Jegede/Mimiko returned to the battlefield. Their supporters have left them. Defeat is staring them in the face. Unless the election is postponed, Jegede stands no chance.

From feelers, Oke (AD) is the next governor! However, Akeredolu's (APC) federal might must NEVER be underrated.

Read what you wrote again and convince yourself it made sense. So, u expect agents picked by poroye not to backstab Eyitayo ? Pls, let the people have the opportunity to pick their governor fairly. Let there be a level playing field for all.

mrrights:
I find it quite shocking and laughable that some social media commentators are also calling for shifting Ondo Governorship election like those shameless politicians. I must confess, this is most unfortunate and ridiculous. First of all, there are over 50 political parties in Nigeria. Each of them have a responsibility to manage their internal affairs without disturbing others with their intraparty fracas. I don't know how many of those 50 parties have candidates for Ondo election, but I know they are more than 10. So, because 1 party is having problem managing it's internal affairs to decide who flies it's ticket, you are calling on Inec to disrupt the plans and preparation of other parties in contrast to the lay down rules. Who does that? Think for a moment. If Sdp is having the kind of conflict in PDP, would you have asked Inec to shift the date for them to prepare? If AD is having similar problem as PDP, would you ask Inec to shift the date for them to prepare? You and I know the answer. So, why are you calling on Inec to do for PDP, what you will never call them to do for AD, Sdp, Accord, Labour etc? Because of one party's irresponsible behavior, you want Inec to shift election, that's not fairness. Okay. Let's pretend you are correct to advocate for shifting the election. Do you know each party must have planned their finances in line with the election date? Do you know that any attempt to shift the date would significantly jeopardize the chances of other parties or candidates that do not have extra budget for such uncalled for shifting? In case any of the participating parties do not have resources to accommodate the postponement, will you also advocate for them to be reimbursed so they could meet up the demands? Huh,I hope you see how ridiculous such advocacy for shifting the election date is. This is like a track race. As soon as the whistle to begin was blown, everyone is responsible for themselves. If one athlete fall down after whistle to start running had been blown, it has never been heard of, that others would be held back for that reason. Some people might be arguing that election has been shifted before, and I agree with them, but we must remember, those elections weren't shifted because of a party's dispute. All past elections that were shifted were for security reasons. Security of Inec materials and the electorates. Finally, let me conclude that, the infighting in PDP didn't prevent PDP from campaigning. As a matter of fact, I see it as advantage. People don't vote for individuals in election, they vote for the party. Jimoh has been campaigning as the party's candidate, Jegede has also been doing the same. At this point, let both of them continue. Jimoh should urge his supporters to vote for PDP and let Jegede do the same. That's advantage for the party and if they win, they can continue the battle in court. Abdulrazaq O Hamzat

It is the fault of inec. Inec should have used its common sense. True democracy is about numbers and everybody in the country except inec for whatever reasons knows that On do PDP people don't want Jimoh even if he qualifies legally. Inec need not use technicalities to subvert popular wishes. They will end up attracting loss of confidence from the people. Hope they have learnt from this.

Towncrier007:
life sha... two things I don't do;
I don't eat people's food and I don't shake hands

But if na Donald Trump u go shake him hand,abi. No 2, shey u urself u know they pupu ? Nor bi hand u dey use clean am or u get robot wey dey clean am for u ? You better stop the BS.

benswagtt:
some humans are heartless.
don't these men of the underworld deserve jungle justice when caught?
some will say no because they don't know the pain of losing children.

What the woman needs is not jungle justice but true justice. By true justice I mean going thru the legal system. That's what this govt should focus on and not using DSS to intimidate unyielding judges. Quite unfortunate that this country cannot do forensics and no integrated CCTV system.

PaulIdu:
I voted for him and he bleeped up so I will never pray for him in any manner

But Jesus asked us to love our enemies and pray for them.

For how long did they date before marriage ? I thought thats the normal thing for lasting marriage. To first understand each other. Hope this hushed marriage will not end in divorce like the Mohammed Babangida and coincidentally same female indimi marriage ?

dainformant:
blame it on the economy

Or Buhari.

That money shouldn't be paid to PMB because he once said Abacha was not corrupt.

collitexnaira:
From my on point of view, i don't think a pastor should go into politics in this country , because he will always get compromised

Can anyone be perfect ? Even the GOs, are they perfect? That's how Muslims will soon dominate you politically.

Hope Sharia is not among the bills. Na so so him secretly pass second reading for HoR. I know trust those Christian lawmakers. They fit sell their mother for money.

Rose2014:
Berem has joined wailers since


Thank me later for this info

Eeyaa! Does that mean upon all the e-war that lady fought they didn't pay her ? I remember that time she used to fight for APC and Okorocha I thought they were paying her millions. Chai, dey don't do her one-chance. How about her carpet or window blind business hope recession never reach am ? Pls, help me extend my condolences to her when u see her.

Now, Nigerians will know the true meaning of APCs change. Why it is dangerous to give job to a man u never interviewed for the job. Unlike US, where Trump and Hilary Debate their plans and implementations to their citizens, no such debate held in Nigeria. Only empty promises. Wishes with no know-how of implementation . Hope Nigerians will be wiser by 2019.

And Buhari is fighting corruption and chasing PDP governors . What's the difference between PDP govs and APC govs now ?

NaijaMutant:
He has already surprised Nigerians with our latest ranking on the global Terrorism Index where we were ranked third in the world

He also surprised us with recession

What other surprises are you still expecting

Like Nigerians going to Ghana to do shoemakers like Ghanians did in Nigeria in the 80s when they entered recession. Buhari will not fail to surprise you.

DropShot:
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If you want to talk, talk sense and not nonsense!

When the Shi'a killing happened, we condemned the act but equally took cognizance of the sect members confronting the army. In any society, any sect taking up arms to confront security agents has invited death upon its members.

Nigerian govt clashing with Shi'a did not start with this current govt. It has happened on several occasions. Why always them?

How many arms did they take up against the security agencies ? How many machine guns , tanks, anti-gun aircraft, gun helicopters did the Shiites use to attack the army ? So because they blocked the road with planks of wood,they should be killed with riffles. At the rate u are going u might as well ask the NA to go and shoot down ICC justices for daring to question Nigerian military. Typical ,zombie !!!

If inec postponed elections in Rivers why not On do ?

There is something I don't understand about Atiku. Every time he wants to contest for Presidency he comes out to start attacking Obasanjo who can never contest again having done 2terms. Since he is likely to face PMB why can't he start his attack on PMB instead of fighting a proxy war. Is he a coward ? Why can't he face his likely nemesis for 2019 - PMB ? Or is he afraid of DSS picking him up too ? It is only a coward that can only fight in front of his fathers compound and nowhere else!

greatiyk4u:
Reno's unguarded n poorly researched articles is a clear indication that he is surely one of those that mis informed his pay master- GEJ

Where is the article ?Or Is this another case of Zombeism ?

frenchwine:
Hmmmm, old soja never dies. Even when he dies, his manhood lives on

Bros, be carefull. mama peace is no longer the first lady.

The Ghana President is smart. They are trying to woo NOI since Nigeria does not know the value of its asset in NOI. Correct me if I am wrong : no Nigeria has risen to the level NOI reached in the International financial sector ever.Emeka Anyaoku reached a high position only in the political sector. What is essentially missing in Buharis economic team is a highly connected international player of NOIs status who can sell Nigeria to international investors and lenders. After APC and the likes of Oshiomole has insulted the woman they don't know how to run to her for help. The more we stay in recession the more we should blame APC, Oshomole and PMB.