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Career › Re: What Do You Tell Your Current Employer If You Want To Go For Interview Elsewhere by mukthar2000(m): 12:22pm On Feb 23, 2016
Don't u apply for casual leave niiii?
Politics › Re: Militants Threaten Blow-up Of More Oil Installations by mukthar2000(m): 6:37am On Feb 23, 2016
They too get mouth,make they try it now Fools
Celebrities › Re: D'banj Dancing On Stage With Ita-Giwa At Her Birthday Party (Photos) by mukthar2000(m): 3:09am On Feb 23, 2016
EYin Mama Elo senpee, give the young once chance jareee
Politics › Re: Omolara Amosu Returns Stolen N381m To FG by mukthar2000(m): 1:28pm On Feb 21, 2016
We give thank to BVN, OLeee
Politics › Re: Omolara Amosu Returns Stolen N381m To FG by mukthar2000(m): 1:28pm On Feb 21, 2016
W give thank to BVN, OLeee
Career › Re: Consequences Of A Bank Staff Who Lost Money In The Bank by mukthar2000(m): 6:18am On Feb 17, 2016
The Bank we give him or her enough time to work so that the can pay the money,and the next thing is Sack.
Crime › Re: Bomb Blasts Hit Kano GSM Market, Scores Killed by mukthar2000(m): 6:07pm On Nov 18, 2015
Allah pls protect my people that is working there
Foreign Affairs › Re: Paris Shooting: France Drops 20 Bombs On Islamic State Jihadi Training Camp by mukthar2000(m): 8:40am On Nov 16, 2015
skaksuzzy:
i'm a very devoted Muslim. but I pray this ISIS should never know peace. I want people to understand that they are not fighting on the course of Islam, they just find joy in killing and destroying people and properties. these same bastards claiming to b fighting for Islam are the same bastards who eat pork and drink alcohol which is prohibited in Islam. U won't knw peace...insha Allah...amin
Amen Ya Allah
Politics › Re: Buhari, Saraki At The Marriage Of Atiku's Daughters (Photos) by mukthar2000(m): 4:44am On Nov 14, 2015
KunleBoye:
Don't be foolish for 24/7.
Try and exhibit some sense at least for few hours in a day.
The President visited Soldiers in war front and some IDPs
Can u see how fool u are?
Crime › Re: NDLEA Recovers N59m Cocaine Hidden In Whisky Bottles (pictured) by mukthar2000(m): 10:51am On Nov 13, 2015
Wander shall never end oooo, that was y u see all this youns guys going to the village by December with flashy cars and u that have being working for many years in lagos to survive we be looked as if u don't no what u are doing for many years
Travel › Re: Advice Me On What To Do Please by mukthar2000(op): 9:46am On Nov 13, 2015
justwise:
You are about to waste that flight ticket money to SA because your friend can't get you a visa that will allow you to work legally in SA. He is just deceiving you
Thank u justwise,
Not that the want to get me a legall Visa to work their,the plan was when I get their I we search for job myself
Travel › Advice Me On What To Do Please by mukthar2000(op): 8:01am On Nov 13, 2015
Hello friends,
Pls I need the serious and mature mind to advice me on what to do pls,
I am jobless for some months,but their is tendency for me that b4 next year I would get another job that we fetch me up to #70000 salary,but a friend of my that is traveling agent assure me that the we apply South African Visa for me free to travel to SA so that I can search for job to be doing their just to balance my present conditions.But what board me was how much salary can I be paid at SA, What if I travel to SA and I was call to come for the one I was expecting in nigeria here, And what is the tendency that the salary to paid at SA will be up to d one I was waiting for here in my country, and I have my lovely kids here and wife waiting for what to bring for them.pls advice me
NYSC › Re: Corper Dies In Auto Crash In Sokoto After Visiting Mother by mukthar2000(m): 6:30pm On Nov 07, 2015
Ina lillahi wa ina ilaihi rajiun
Politics › Re: President Buhari Arrives Nigeria After His State Visit To The US (Photos) by mukthar2000(m): 9:24am On Jul 23, 2015
wcl back sir Baba
Jobs/Vacancies › Pls Did Anyone Received This Massage For Interview? by mukthar2000(op): 8:40am On Jul 23, 2015
hi friends, pls did anybody receive massage on he or her phone saying
u are invited for an interview at 5,olusoji idowu street , off Association avenue, obanikoro, Logos.pls confirm.Thanks
Family › Re: Pls Advice Me If I Can Packed To Mother In Law Building by mukthar2000(op): 6:53pm On Jul 12, 2015
I am very grateful from u guys,may Almighty Allah reward everyone of u abundantly .
Family › Pls Advice Me If I Can Packed To Mother In Law Building by mukthar2000(op): 1:02pm On Jul 12, 2015
pls advice me if its advisable for me to packed to my mother in law building with my wife and kids due to my jobless situation? although my mother in law stay far distance from the place.
I need mature advice pls
Crime › Re: EFCC Arraigns 22 Year Old Female Suspected Hacker For Fraud (photo) by mukthar2000(m): 8:15am On May 19, 2015
Useless EFCC, can they arrest the greedy government that steal Nigeria money,instead of the little girl that use her brean
Celebrities › Re: Davido Acquires A House In The US by mukthar2000(m): 8:48am On May 18, 2015
No bugger guys jareee after all na cocaine level
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Politics › Can Buhari Fix Nigeria? by mukthar2000(op): 9:03am On May 12, 2015
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Muhammadu Buhari is no magician, even though his
countrymen and women are waiting for him to
commence the magic of changing their country from
its comatose state to something much better, from
the morning of May 29, less than three weeks from
today, when he officially assumes duty as President
of Africa’s most populous and most problematic
country.
Since March 28, when he knocked out Jonathan, in
one of the country’s fiercest electoral contests
ever, many Nigerians have come to see him as the
magician, who is expected to pull out from his hat
or bag, a harvest of surprises, the elixir or balm that
will soothe the pains of our country.
Even though Buhari and his party, the All
Progressives Congress, APC, have been screaming
to all and sundry that the next leader is no magician,
who will solve all our problems at the snap of a
finger, we have simply refused to let that sink in.
They could tell that to the wind. We couldn’t care
less, as our bags of expectations are simply
overflowing with a long ‘to do list.’
They can take it or leave it: Many Nigerians,
especially the downtrodden, those Karl Marx refers
to as the ‘hoi polloi,’ believe Buhari is the man with
the magic wand to turn around the ill-fortunes of
our country and people. They expect him to turn our
sorrow to surplus; darkness to light by making
Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, truly
‘hold power’; turn the unemployment in our land to
jobs for the army of hungry and angry youths; we
expect him to tackle the general insecurity in the
nation, by not only routing the criminal gang called
Boko Haram, but also wiping out the evils of
robberies, kidnappings-for -ransom,
assassinations, and other violent crimes that have
diminished the life of the Nigerian over the years. In
simpler words, we expect Buhari to be the leader,
who will restore humanity to our people and nation,
after the vicious and vacuous years of the locusts
symbolised by the ousted Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, central government.
Indeed, for many years, some of us have called
attention to the plundering of our nation through our
writings, but we were called detractors of the
administration. We wrote about rot in the system,
the cabal running the oil till, the squandering of our
riches by delinquents and leeches in the corridors
of power, what did we get as response? The egg
heads of the economy led by the erudite Prof Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala presented slides and power points of
how the economy was growing at eight percent on
the average; how we were the largest economy in
Africa after we had been rebased. We have all kinds
of fancy projects like SURE-P; YOU-WIN among
others. But, many know that we are surely going no­
where nor winning. Only a few, fat cats have
actually been winning. The faces that confront you
at the bus stops, streets and everywhere, are
usually faces of hunger, anger and frustration. On
March 28, many voted for change in the leadership
of the country and the helmsman, who had been
leading us on a motion without movement.
Now, to the question I have heard many ask: Can
Buhari fix Nigeria? Is he the leader who will lead us
to the Promised Land, the land of our dreams, where
we will begin to see light at the end of the dark tun­
nel? What kind of leadership do we expect of a
President Buhari?
Let me attempt dispassionate answers to the
thought-provoking posers above, by starting from
the last to the first. From what we are beginning to
see, we expect a leadership by example,
transparent leadership. Not a leadership of ‘do what
I say, not what I do.’ Here are two instances: He
obeys traffic lights, and says his convoy will obey
traffic rules. Incredible, isn’t it? Are we in Nigeria? A
Nigerian president obeying traffic rules, with all the
powers and pomp of that office? That singular ac­
tion as little as some may think it is, sends out a
loud message that, “we will have a truly servant-
leader by deeds, not words alone.”
I also understand the man does not intend to have
the prefixes: ‘Commander-in-Chief’ or ‘GCFR’ after
his name. He simply wants to be addressed as:
‘Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of
Nigeria.’ No more. Because, as some of those close
to him tell me, the man believes that once you are
called president, it is implied that you are
commander-in-chief. Why the ‘excess luggage’ of
grandiose titles?
He is also an austere leader. I know that for a fact,
having interviewed him a record four times at his
office and residence, between 2004 and 2012. I
have interviewed him on every issue under the sun:
His parentage, childhood, civil war, the coups and
counter-coups, overthrow of Shagari government,
his own overthrow and incarceration, IBB
government, N2.8 billion alleged missing oil money
Fela sang about, 53 suitcases, the 2003 and 2007
presidential contests against Obasanjo and
Yar’Adua, respectively, 2011 electoral loss, among
other issues. Someday, I hope to turn the exclusive
interviews into a book, which should throw more
light on the life of the enigmatic leader, who
approximates America’s Abraham Lincoln.
Sorry for the digression. What I have been trying to
say is that a leader who is transparent and does
not believe in the primitive accumulation of wealth
would be intolerant of vampires out to steal in the
new administration. Nigerians are likely to key into
the transparency mantra of the new helmsman. With
leakages blocked, more funds would be freed to
tackle the infrastructural challenges of the nation.
One fear that has been expressed has to do with
some of the new leader’s henchmen, who
contributed money for his campaign, some of them
have well-known terrible records of insatiable
appetite for aggrandisement. How will the general
cope with these men? Would they not derail him? I
hope not. I pray not. This Buhari, says Professor
David-West, a man who should know, will shock
many of them. ‘The man can’t stand thieves and
looters of the treasury. He has a strong character
and resolve. He won’t let anyone mess him up.’ I
believe David-West, a man I know and respect. If
David-West says it, I believe him.
So, the answer to the question of if Buhari can fix
Nigeria is already clear from the above: Yes, he
can, if he can fix the treasury looters and block
leakages. Yes, he can, if he will assemble a bunch
of technocrats, brimming with ideas and integrity;
yes, he can, if he will lead by example as he has
already started demonstrating.
But, more importantly, to do all of these requires
attitudinal change of all Nigerians: The leaders and
the led, the followers. Nigeria’s problem, we must
agree, apart from large scale corruption, is
basically, the issue of attitude. Attitude to life.
Attitude to public office. Attitude to wealth. Attitude to
nation. Attitude to governance. If Nigerians don’t
change their attitude, Buhari’s government may not
go as far as it should.
Change can only be meaningful if our leaders and
the led change their present attitudinal disposition to
all facets of life. The politician, who wins election to
the National Assembly sees his new position as one
that should automatically enhance his material
status. They have seen some people, who took
night bus to Abuja, to partake in the democratic
process, suddenly jump into obscene wealth and
landed properties and exotic cars in the nation’s
capital; they have seen mansions spring up in
villages without commensurate labour by the new
noveau rich beneficiaries of democracy dividends.
In our country today, political offices have become
the shortest route to Eldorado.
If the incoming Buhari lawmakers and executives
don’t change their attitude to public office, nothing
would have truly changed. If they won’t stop their
fight for ‘juicy offices’ and ‘juicy committees’,
nothing would have changed. If elected officials
don’t see public offices as service to the people,
rather than their stomachs, we won’t witness much
change.
The civil service is rotten: Workers work at their
own pace, without a sense of duty or purpose. In
Abuja, resumption time is generally anything from
9am-10am and closing can be anytime from
2.30pm-3pm. In some other instances, many don’t
even bother to show up. Yet, the government must
pay them wages for services not delivered. That
attitude must change, if change must be
meaningful. Public sector agencies like water board,
power sector operators, are something else. What
we have are competent workers with poor attitude
to work. That has to stop, if we want Buhari to
succeed. We have other areas like Customs,
Immigration, Police, among others, whose work
ethics need urgent change if Nigeria must work.
Even the media, my constituency, needs
reorientation. We should start beaming powerful
searchlight on crooks and other scoundrels in
power, if Nigeria will move forward, to borrow the
street lingo. If thieves know they will be exposed by
a fearless media, they will think twice before
dipping their dirty fingers in the collective till. We
surely have a lot more work to do if we want Buhari
to succeed, if we want profound change in our
country. This is no task for one man. If Buhari owes
us the duty of selfless, transparent, focused,
disciplined and purposeful leadership, we equally
must play our parts by doing the needful, by
changing our attitude. It is a two-way traffic!
But, it’s not an impossible task. The first step would
be the reorientation of Nigerians. That’s why I have
in the past couple of weeks been agitating for a
reorientation commission or agency or whatever
name it’s called, to champion the change agenda of
the new government, to lead the battle for attitudinal
change in our land, across all strata. If the new
leadership must succeed, they must do something
urgently about changing the Nigerian attitude.
Fortunately, as veteran journalist, lawyer, politician
and social critic, Prince Tony Momoh, told me
recently in a chat, Buhari can change Nigeria for the
better because he will lead by example, and
Nigerians will simply key in because they are good
followers. They do what they see their leaders
doing, not what they have been asked to do. If Bu­
hari obeys traffic rules, Nigerians will do same; if he
won’t steal, they automatically know that if they
steal, there would be no hiding place for them; if he
and other leaders queue, the queue culture won’t be
strange to us. If they lead with integrity, the
message will be clear that this is a nation of honest
people, who believe in hard work and integrity.
These will effectively translate into other spheres.
This I believe.
LAST LINE: There is something I almost forgot to
add: Buhari must beware of people like Alhaji
Ibrahim Coomasie, retired Inspector-General of
Police, IGP, and chair of Arewa Consultative Forum,
ACF. I say this with all seriousness and sense of
responsibility. If care is not taken, it is people like
Coomasie that will derail the Buhari administration.
The way he is going, he is almost beginning to
sound like Chief Edwin Clarke, the Niger-Delta
chieftain, who appropriated the outgoing president
as his godson, defending and attacking anyone who
dared raise his voice in criticism against him. What
Coomasie said when Abba Suleiman was sacked,
was certainly a narrow-minded way to look at the
issue. If all that was wrong with the removal was
because he was a northerner, then what happens if
Buhari has a reason to fire a public functionary for a
northerner to occupy the position? Would he have
given a damn if a northerner had replaced Abba?
Such views are unhelpful at this point in time when
Nigeria is trying to heal of the violent and
acrimonious campaigns and elections. I have also
read Coomasie also hurling tribal brickbats,
believing he is protecting the Buhari presidency. For
goodness sake, Buhari may be a son of Katsina, but
he is today president of all parts, tribes and
sections of Nigeria. I hope Alhaji Coomasie is
reading this?u Buhari is no magician, even though his
countrymen and women are waiting for him to
commence the magic of changing their country from
its comatose state to something much better, from
the morning of May 29, less than three weeks from
today, when he officially assumes duty as President
of Africa’s most populous and most problematic
country.
Travel › Advice Pls by mukthar2000(op): 2:42pm On Feb 21, 2015
Obervation was made that ur wife and kids don't want u to distance away from them for a day, but fortinately u have opportunity to travel out of country with a working visa to another country, will u tell them b4 going or immediately u arrived the country u call them and explain to them?
Pls mature advice pls
Health › Re: Doctors Putting Hands On Private Parts During Antenatal by mukthar2000(m): 6:09am On Feb 21, 2015
Get her personal female doctor bro
Crime › Re: 21-Year-Old Student Killed At Party He Organized For Girlfriend by mukthar2000(m): 5:51am On Feb 21, 2015
Basterd child's, tell me ur benefit now?
Politics › Re: Jonathan Campaign Advert On Peppermint (Picture) by mukthar2000(m): 5:46am On Feb 21, 2015
Rubbish!!!
Celebrities › Re: Kuti Shares Throwback Picture Of His Mom And Her Jumbo-sized Weed…(PICS) by mukthar2000(m): 1:36pm On Feb 20, 2015
Basterd fool, do u think is a pride to u that ur taute mother thanking ganja, and u are expecting Buhari to have interview with u,
Romance › Re: OMG: Pictures Of A Nigerian Girl Proposing To Her Boyfriend by mukthar2000(m): 5:37pm On Feb 18, 2015
Don't be deceived, look that pics very well the person on his kneels is guy
Celebrities › Re: Don Jazzy's Fleet Of Expensive Cars And Their Prices (Photos) by mukthar2000(m): 8:53am On Feb 17, 2015
Guys don't let there wealth make u look fool,there are all cocaine cushee.
Politics › Re: Patience Jonathan Crying While Mourning Bayelsa Women That Died In Accident(pic) by mukthar2000(m): 6:40am On Feb 17, 2015
Chi chi! So u sabii cry like this? Keep it till 29, fool
Politics › Re: Graphics Photos From Today's Explosion Scene In Damaturu by mukthar2000(m): 6:30am On Feb 16, 2015
Allureoftheseas:
who cares.
hummmmm thanks for the pic brother
Politics › Re: Patience Jonathan Mourns Bayelsa Women Who Died In Car Accident by mukthar2000(m): 6:16am On Feb 16, 2015
Patience witch,u and ur husband don shup them for the coming election abii,basterd fool husband and wife.
RIP SISTERS
Politics › Re: Fayose Attacks Obasanjo, Says Ex-president Is Nigeria’s Main Enemy by mukthar2000(m): 8:54pm On Feb 15, 2015
Basterd Fayose ur prison had already being build,don't worry

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