₦airaland Forum

You didn't mention the fact that he was in the kangaroo court that sentenced Ken Saro-Wiwa to death?

But the real issue on the ground is that he hasn't been paying his workers for some months now. He should address that and stop talking about inconsequential things.

I can't even take people who say "Jonathan was president for six years" serious.

Next...

Ajibolatao:
The same way u get dedicated services during your secondary sch days when d teachers hear that the new principal is Mr No Nonsense

I'm sure you're among those who believe that Buhari's "body language" improved power supply. When did "body language" begin to construct power plants or fix transmission lines?

I'm waiting for more serious answers, please.

astrodome:
BTW, if you have a large and PRODUCTIVE population (like the US; but mostly immigrants from Latina America, Africa and elsewhere are the ones causing the US population increase) then it is understandable. But when you have a large and UNPRODUCTIVE population (like Nigeria), then it is a time bomb waiting to explode.

China used to have a less productive population, hence they initiated their population control program. Even now that they have become productive, they would not be changing that program any time soon.

Actually China has begun to relax its one-child policy, but I get your point.

The issue here is that we have relied on "population figures" as a tool for sharing of oil money for so long. One day however, we will have no choice but to rebalance this economy from one based on sharing to one based on productivity. When that happens, those of us who like to boast using their population figures will be forced to think of how to feed and educate their people from decreased revenue. We'll sit up by then.

The only way to diversify the economy in the long run is to devolve powers and place more responsibility for driving economic growth on state governors. Development can only be driven from the states and local governments, not Abuja.

I'm still waiting for someone to explain to me HOW exactly Buhari is responsible for improvement in power supply.

doctokwus:
On the contrary,I think the man has realised his folly and went to renounce whatever wrong impression he created earlier.
Having seen the nationwide harsh criticism of his ill- advised position,the exposure of things he would have wished remained hidden from the public and the Holy See and the possible reversal of d positive image he hitherto held and the twice, open, strong support of the Sultan to the anti corruption fight,in sharp opposite to that canvassed by d peace committee of which both are members; it became imperative that Kukah quickly tries to also allign himself with the current mood of the nation.
He can repair it a bit,but the damage is already done because what will linger in our memories is that of a Bishop Kukah who openly canvassed that for the "spectacular" fit of GEJ conceding in an election he was roundly defeated in,he should be allowed to go scot free,"even if he stole all the money in the world"!
Such is the makeup of some of the MOG that are supposed to hold all that the bible teaches, but now find it convenient to merry with those that desecrate those same teachings, a pity!!

Please where exactly in the interview did Bishop Kukah state that Jonathan should be let off the hook because he conceded defeat? I need an exact quote.

Opens up the ... to find out if she ....

Please how does one find that out?

When will we have the largest factories and the best research centres and think-tanks?

Well well well... I remember how we lambasted GEJ and his supporters when they always blamed the rot in Nigeria on previous administrations. What's this I'm reading now?

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

Managing director of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Rumundaka Wonodi said: “We are working with the World Bank for [a] partial risk guarantee to support the projects that we undertake; unfortunately, the World Bank is very reticent and they are not quite committed to giving support to coal because they deem it to be dirty fuel and not very good for the environment.

1. Even as "dirty" as coal may be, it's still much cleaner than the smoke from a million generators.

2. There are rather inexpensive technologies available nowadays that have dramatically improved the cleanliness of the coal power production process. Such technologies can be deployed to new coal-fired plants, I believe.

We have no excuse not to take advantage of this relatively abundant and inexpensive power source to address our power needs.

luckbealady:
Does love flow in Paris? if you have the right qualities yes it does. If you speak the language you will have a better time quickly accessing information, however don't expect all Parisians to be kind to you, they are customarily very rude and impatient with foreigners that cannot bother to try to speak french. Paris is a very tough place to live if you do not have the right resources, language skills, a good job, the right visa etc. I hope this answers your question.

Nevachange, I can't put it better than this. Lol.

Besides I'm here on studies and I'm not really aiming to work in France when I'm done, though I intend to learn the language.

Mandem:
Have you left for paris already? You can send me a mail kachiicoded{at}gmaildotcom Im in for a postgraduate as well lets network.

Hi... yes I came in last Tuesday and I'm currently in the 17th district around Brochant. What part do you stay at?

Any other NLers in Paris should holla at me too let's network.

Iara has taken over Nairaland. Now I miss the Tonto Dikeh era.

Rilwayne001:
What's funny in the lackluster photoshop

But you would have found it funny if it was Jonathan okwa ya?

My friend laugh!!!

Trailblazer1:
I can sight Tinubu raising his hands highest
What does that signify

Realdeals:
To me this allegation get K-leg, since it wasn't Fashola that single handedly carryout the contract, it was contracted out to a company and the fund was released through the ministry of science and tech, then the contractor should be summon by EFCC to give the breakdown of how he arrived at N78 million and not Fashola. To mean this allegation is baseless.

What is this one saying? Are contracts awarded without approval by government?

I'm not into website design so I can't speak with confidence on the appropriateness of the amount, so there you go. But why should any activities of a Lagos State governor be reported on a personal website? Why not have an "Office of the Governor" website (maybe lagosstategovernor.com or something) where the activities of the Lagos State Governor would be reported and would host communication lines with the citizens? Maybe Akinwunmi Ambode would have taken over the website by now and continued using it. That would have been more appropriate.

Why should the activities of Fashola as Governor be reported or displayed on a personal website, "tundefashola.com"?

It still smacks of abuse of office to me. He should answer for this.

NgeneUkwenu:
That Abdullahi supervised and encouraged the rot in NPA! He made sure, no money was remitted to the Fed Government as he appropriated everything in the recurrent expenditure. What President should have done is, appointing a technocrat to run the agency!

Oh I see your point. I guess I agree.

Now that he's gotten what he's always wanted, let's see if he'll keep using his "four-figure table" to calculate how much Okonjo-Iweala stole.

bright007:
Another northerner

The person who was replaced was also a northerner. Please stop this.

NgeneUkwenu:
Very wrong move!

Why? I hear it's the same Ado Bayero that was favoured for the Emirship of Kano. Maybe he was given this job as "compensation" rather than competence?

I agree that recurrent spending has to reduce but where will the reduction come from? For instance a large chunk of our recurrent spending goes into payment of salaries and fuel subsidy. Will the president be willing to lay off staff, reduce wages or remove subsidy?

Tough decisions lie ahead. I can only wish him luck.

MizMyColi:
I am Alhaja MizColiatu.
Nice meeting you.

"MizColiatu". I like the name - has a nice ring to it.

olujegs:
Alhaji Kari has always been known to be the next in line as he was the most senior person right after fola Daniel. So it's not surprising he was named the new commissioner for insurance . It's not a northern thing atall cos everyone in the industry knew he was the right hand man to fola Daniel. I know this fact because I presently work in the insurance industry

One then wonders why this seniority criterion didn't apply in the case of INEC.

I don't know why people are complaining. Didn't Daddy Bubu say that he'll treat the 97% that voted for him better than the 5% that didn't?

First, I think it's an insult to Nigerians to describe President Muhammadu Buhari's administration thus far as an "indisputable success". I understand your dire need to make Buhari and APC look good so as to justify your political stance, but resorting to undeserved platitudes to hoodwink gullible Nigerians into thinking that Buhari is the best thing since sliced bread is, to say the least, deceitful.

Now, let's address the substance of your post.

1. Increase in Our Foreign Reserves:

Anyone with half a brain knows that the movement in foreign reserves is a function of supply of and demand for currency of the host nation (in this case the naira) versus other foreign currencies. Now what affects the level of foreign reserves is the level of inflow (which comes from sales of crude oil as well as other export commodities) and the outflow (which involves the use of dollars by the CBN to purchase foreign currency, which is then used by importers to pay for goods and services imported into the country). It is important to note that the foreign reserves figure has been falling for so long because the CBN was making less inflow (i.e. sale of oil) versus the outflow (i.e. importation of goods and services including refined petroleum products). So what CBN simply did was to come up with a policy to remove about 41 items from the list of products that it was going to finance importation for (see this link for further details http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/understanding-cbn-s-forex-market-restrictions/213868/ ). What the CBN did in effect was to save foreign currency it typically used to finance imports, thereby reducing the strain on the foreign reserves.

It is extremely deceitful of you, Mr. Emefiele or anyone else to tell Nigerians that "leakages were plugged". Meanwhile I hardly need to tell you that the underlying problem of the falling Naira as well as the widening spread between interbank and parallel market rates (Google this up) remains unaddressed.

2. Bail-out Package to States:

It was an extremely short-sighted decision by the Buhari administration to bail out states (which got into trouble as a result of their own recklessness, anyway) without any conditions whatsoever. The "bailout" was simply an endorsement of financial recklessness and mismanagement.

In any case, the banks which the states are indebted to have seized the money so I doubt the 'bailout" will achieve its intended objectives. Can hardly be called "indisputable success" can it?

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/index.php/top-stories/61264-why-banks-seized-bailout-funds-yari

3. Modest Success Against the BH Terrorists:

It beats me how you would on the one hand call something a "modest success" and on the other call this administration an "indisputable success". Does this make sense to you? What kind of "success" has been recorded when the rate of loss of life has been greater since Buhari came in than under his predecessor? Do you think the over 800 lives wasted by Boko Haram since May 29 are mere "statistical figures"?

In addition, this isn't the first time that Boko Haram has resorted to suicide bombings. It befuddles me how BH suicide bombings under Jonathan were a "sign of a failed presidency" but is now "sign of desperation and frustration from a group facing impending defeat". You'll have to explain that to me.

Also, Buhari DID promise to end BH within two months, as reported by barcanista. That he later retracted himself does not invalidate the promise that he made.

4. Serious Undergoing Efforts to Recover Our Stolen Money:

Again it is ridiculous to state that "serious efforts" equals "indisputable success". Can you, Mr. PassingShot, tell us exactly how much has been recovered, and from whom? Also, when are we going to begin to see serious prosecution of the "thieves" from the last administration? With all the figures Adams Oshiomhole has been peddling around, shouldn't Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala have been arrested or at least queried by now?

When funds have actually been recovered and the thieves sent to prison, please be sure to let me know.

5. Refineries now Working:

Nothing to say here, Buhari himself has said he cannot take credit for the functioning refineries. https://www.nairaland.com/2460862/cannot-take-credit-revival-refineries

That leaves us with the past administration, whether you admit it or not.

6. Improved Electricity:

We've been down this road before. We can't talk about "improved electricity" until the "improvement" is sustained all the way to the dry season. Besides, you'll really have to explain to us how Buhari "improved" electricity without a Minister of Power.

7. Nigeria Image Boosted:

Another insult. How has Nigeria's image been "boosted" specifically? Were you on hibernation when the Obama administration flayed Buhari's "lack of preparedness" in the recent US trip? Or is your assessment based on Buhari's recent trip to Cameroon?

You really have to justify Buhari's "indisputable success" when even the most basic of Buhari's electoral promises are yet to be fulfilled. Buhari has not declared his assets publicly, he has not stopped Boko Haram within two months, he is yet to start feeding primary school children, he hasn't started paying unemployed youth and the elderly N5,000/month, he has not started paying corp members one year allawee, he has not taken any corruption case to court not to mention securing a conviction, he is yet to recover a kobo of stolen money, yet you call him an "indisputable success? Joke's on you, Mr. PassingShot.

Anyone who has the ear of the president should please inform him that he is yet to start fulfilling his electoral promises. He should get to work because no excuses for non-performance will be tolerated. After all, we (quite rightly) voted out Jonathan for non-performance.

Abeg let me stop here. I'm tired of typing.

Na Aresa suppose dey carry this kain news na. I haven't been seeing his threads since May 29. Has he been sacked?

My own issue with that video is the fact that someone had to explain "inclusive governance" to him. Na that one still dey pepper me for body.

Ghandi12:
I know neither sides victory (with status quo) translates into direct benefit to the poor masses.

Poor masses yearn to see Buhari succeed in delivering basic benefits of good governance. Unfortunately the NASS and its leadership as presently constituted give too much influence to PDP.

PDP we know and have seen since May 2015 have one goal - to see Buhari fail and retain the status-quo.

However, the 51-Loyal-APC appear more comfortable with the anti-corruption stance of Buhari while the other side seem to still derive their inspiration from the old guards we voted to put aside.

Victory to the loyal APC Senators would most likely allow drastic reduction in the NASS budget which has been alleged to stand at 10-20% since 1999.

In other words, APC is good and PDP is bad.

What a joke. I'm done.

Ghandi12:
My advice to 51-Loyal-APC Senators

Please remain resolute, united and unshakable. You have the tacit but full support of the Presidency , APC and the poor masses.

Which "poor masses"? You think any of these people are fighting for the benefit of Nigerians?