₦airaland Forum

orisa37:
We are in a Psychopathic Feudalism.

How do you mean? Expatiate further.

orisa37:
Mr.President is not only silent on the CBN recruitment, he is silent also on the Police lopsided promotion, on the Security and Defense staff who are all northerners, on Fulani Herdsmen killing every body in the Southern part of Nigeria, on the notoriously reckless and irresponsible Grazing Bill, on why the Senate President is being unnecessarily impeded from performing his constitutional duty because of political witch hunting, victimization and intimidation and so on. This is no longer democracy. We look like going back to 1984.

We can therefore justifiability take his continued silence as an admittance of guilt. There are times when silence is not golden.

nanya124:
SERAP once threatened when the news went viral. I knew it was an empty threat. Why won't the secret recruitment continue, when nobody is querying who. Rather than those jobless SINators address things that affect the masses they represent, they would prefer to shamelessly follow their accused SP.

I just don't know what's happening to many of these so-called Anti-corruption crusaders. CACOL (Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders) were the first to raise alarm on Fashola's WEBSITE and Borehole scandal only for them to go to sleep after the initial gragra. Why do they normally start what they can't finish or are they all-out for self-gratification?

egalitarian78:
Bros I really enjoyed ur writeup not just cos of its content but for ur articulate presentation of ur grammar meeting all d yardstick of a scholar, a quality really lacking in most online commentators & even some media outfits whose stock in trade is to abuse and insult others with their whacked out mentality. Good tense arrangements, rule of concord and proximity are all essential ingredients in a good article and all these can be found in ur essay. As informative as it might be dont be too disappointed with some pathological zombies that might try to defend d selective disposition of Mr anti-corruption czar. Only time shall tell. Just correct enmass to en masse and d sauce will be a JAMB certified essay. Proud of u and hope d powers dat be push this to FP.

Many thanks for the compliments. Moreover, articles of this nature (here on Nairaland or elsewhere) are not for self-serving purposes but one's contribution toward making Nigeria a better place for all of us. Whether the people from other side of the divide agree with us or not is inconsequential. We will continue to propagate the truth no matter whose ox is gored. Once again, thanks.

Junior66:
PMB will.only do somtin about this if it were committed by PDP members.

If that's so, then Nigeria is in a serious fix.

obailala:
Facts and precision you say?... but so far, all your submissions have been nothing but melancholic emotional rants. Get yourself together and understand that Buhari isn't the cause of your problems man.

Just a reminder (just incase you have forgotten), politics is a game, a dirty game which politicians play to attract favours and development to their people. However when someone plays the kind of politics which wouldn't benefit his people, then that is obviously not dirty politics, it is foolish politics. You are free to keep fighting and accusing Buhari of insincerity in his decision to bring some developmental projects to the south, but remember that while you keep accusing Buhari, smart politicians are out there diverting projects to their domain.

But at the end of the day as usual, you would still return to blame Buhari for neglecting your village.

What's wrong with you dude and who prophesied to you about my problem? Why do you go about making satanic assumptions about people's lives and personalities? Can you quote any of my posts where I accused Buhari of not assigning projects to the south in the ongoing budget debacle? Get sense bro and wash yourself from the splash of childishness. And for those who covetously corner other people's entitlements for their personal use, it's nothing but stupidity and vanity. Veer off my lane.

Junior66:
This is exactly what i told one zombie on facebook a weeks ago.

That's why all concerned Nigerians (including the NLC, social crusaders, political activists, SERAP, CACOL etc) have to speak up now.

President Buhari, according to many Nigerians who reposed (and still exude) so much confidence in his anti-corruption postures is a man of integrity. It was on that premise, reasonably or not that millions of citizens trooped out enmass to cast their votes for him and his party, the APC in the March 2015 presidential election. Eleven months on the saddle post-inauguration, a lot has indeed taken place under this towering figure seen as the trailblazer for a modern-day corruption-free Nigeria that has indeed made many tongues to wag. One of such happenings was the secret and unofficial recruitment that took place in the CBN involving children and relatives of members of the ruling class.

Looking at the vigour and intensity with which the President and the EFCC have been pursuing the Dasukigate offenders, one would have expected that by now heads should have rolled in droves at the apex bank in one of the scandals that portend grave danger not only for the Federal Character provisions of our Constitution but one that has potential to rub mud on the anti-corruption garment of Buhari and his government. What should really call for our concern and serious attention was the criminal nature of the recruitment whereby names of the employees were manipulated and distorted to coverup their true identities and those of their parents. If such brazen act of criminality does not attract the attention of Mr. President and his anti-corruption agencies, we may now begin to redefine what truly stands as corruption in Nigeria. For a president that ordered immediate sack of those involved in the budget padding saga, sweeping the CBN recruitment scandal under the carpet as if nothing untoward had happened should be a cause of worry for those who truly love Nigeria.

If the anti-corruption drive of Buhari's administration is truly holistic and non-selective as the president and his media aides make us to believe, Mr. President as a matter of urgency, should forward the names of all those involved in the CBN recruitment scandal to the EFCC for immediate prosecution. In the same vein, all the employees involved should be summarily dismissed for sanity to reign in the CBN and public sector at large. Anything short of that will continue to cast a shadow on Mr.President's integrity status and genuine fight against corruption.

CC: Lalasticlala.

GOATandYAMtheory:
I don't need to see their Asset declaration form to know how fraudulent they are.

Yes, including Buhari.

obailala:
Rubbish... Please I aint got the time for all you Jonathanians who are so bitter and confused to the point where you dont mind cutting off your own limbs because you think it would spite PMB. Good day!

Good day too! Many thanks for been bereft of ideas and unable to counter salient points raised in my last post. We say things on Nairaland with facts and precision. OK?

obailala:
At least they were not dumb enough to play the kind of political game where they would be the sole losers. That is where the difference lies, just in case you are to challenged to see that.

Today Lai Mohammed's party is sitting tight at Aso rock and Lai himself sits comfortably as the honourable minister of education. You claim you want to copy Lai's style of politicking but here you are, supporting some northern appropriation committee members who cancelled developmental projects in the south and moved the funds to the north; in your peculiar wisdom, opposition politics simply means standing against whatever Buhari says or stands for, even when it obviously doesnt favour you. Such impeccable wisdom!

Oh! You now see the "victory" of Buhari in the last election and subsequent appointment of Lai Mohammed as minister of (mis)information as an imitable template on how to play dirty politics in Nigeria? Now I can truly decipher your personality even without setting eyes on you. If you care to know; the victory of the wicked is temporary. Didn't Abacha successfully outsmart MKO Abiola and Ernest Shonekan to become a military junta? How did he end in 1998? And as a point of correction my children and I would never, I repeat, would never take after Lai Mohammed's ways of life both in politics and other spheres of life.

I am not a tribal jingoist neither did I support cancelation of projects earmarked for any part of the country but as regards Calabar-Lagos rail, it was a smokescreen intended to ridicule the National Assembly by a crafty president (executive). It was an afterthought meant to score cheap political point, shore up Buhari's battered image and set the masses against the legislators. Be informed accordingly.

obailala:
Mr Man I am not spreading any falsehood, it doesnt matter if the project was put in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or ghost budget. The fact is that Buhari refused to sign the budget because certain projects meant to benefit southern Nigeria were removed by his brothers and the funds channelled to the north. On this case, Buhari's stance clearly favours the south and I find it very strange and silly that any southerner would choose this occasion to want to fight against Buhari.

I also find it very strange that any southerner would choose this particular case to celebrate or glorify anyone fighting Buhari as is being done on this thread. You guys should grow up out of your political oblivion, it is not in every case you must have to play politics.

You're the one who has certainly chosen not to grow up going by series of myopia and deceits displayed when positing your arguments on Nairaland. Anyway, direct your advice on when not to play politics (with everything) to Lai Mohammed and APC. They established the norm of playing politics with even the blood of Nigerians. If you're short of memory, pick your phone and google APC press statements in the last two years.

obailala:
Projects meant for the south are expunged from the budget and the funds diverted to vague projects in the north. Instead of southern opposition senators to push for this injustice to be instantly reversed and the budget passed, they rather think this is the most suitable time and scenario to apply the laws of karma by fighting Buhari.... This is a bizarre case of 'Iberiberism.'

You've started your beautiful nonsense again. Why is Apc DNA so compatible with yours. A thread was created reminding Nigerians how Gbajabiamila and APC tried fruitlessly to frustrate the passage of 2014 budget and you're here talking jazz about Calabar-Lagos rail project which was never in the budget proposal sent to the NA by Buhari. Why are you so mischievous in character? If the rail project was so dear to Buhari why was it not included in the initial budget proposal? Stop spreading falsehood on Nairaland.

Pls, let someone technically call Lai Mohammed. This is technically urgent.

rusher14:
To some Dasukigate is mere propaganda.

Yet, we have those involved in this act of shame not only admitting guilt but asking for time and clemency to repay what they had pocketed.

These guys were not joking.

If you needed a little pad in Miami all you needed to do was pick up the phone call Dasuki and voila, a small package was arranged for you.

Nobody ever said Dasukigate is mere propaganda. Nobody does but we have consistently said the money was spent on 2015 elections in the same way Ameachi, Fashola, Okorocha and other APC governors allegedly spent their security votes and other funds in bringing Buhari to power. Let Buhari and APC leadership raise their hands to heavens and swear by their lives that state funds were not used in the 2015 presidential and other elections. Hypocrisy and satanism is when you prosecute only PDP offenders but leaves the rogues in your party who committed same offences to go scot free.

Meanwhile, why is Jafaru Isa (Buhari's ally who allegedly refunded part of Dasukigate) not prosecuted? Hmmmm, APC and Buhari, make we just dey look.

antispexish:
this is where these savings thing gets to me. The money was not saved, and we did not see any physical manifestation of what the money was used for.
If gej can be held by the jugular and forced to deplete the ECA , then he had no business being our president and commander in chief, he was a mistake!
he was even shown how to save by his predecessor who did it successfully with less inflow of cash.

If truly you can't see any manifestation of Jonathan's developmental strides in the last five years, it's either you are blind or completely taken over by the spirit of lies. Even Fashola attested to the fact that Jonathan constructed most roads than his predecessors. That's just one of the manifestations. Those rail gauges been launched by Amaechi were the works left behind by Jonathan. What of the massive investment in Agriculture and Power? Even Audu Ogbe and Fashola laid credence to that too. I won't waste my time belaboring this issue; let our consceince judge accordingly.

LadyExcellency:
You mean like Yar'dua who only allowed 25% annual budget performances on the premise of savings?

How much did Tinubu and Fashola saved in Lagos State? Why is Lagos State debt competing with that of pan Nigeria, not forgetting that of Southwest APC's States?

Who do citizens of APC control States blame for subjecting their children unborn to debt? May be Jonathan

God bless you. Good points.

LadyExcellency:
You mean like Yar'dua who only allowed 25% annual budget performances on the premise of savings?

How much did Tinubu and Fashola saved in Lagos State? Why is Lagos State debt competing with that of pan Nigeria, not forgetting that of Southwest APC's States?

Who do citizens of APC control States blame for subjecting their children unborn to debt? May be Jonathan

God bless you. Good points.

modath:
This is the part that we've always asked Jonathanians to EXPLAIN, but because they do not have any logical or intelligent argument to put forth,they either;

1. Curse their present & unborn generations.

2. Wail about their collective Nigthmare; Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi AKA "The slayer of the IB", "Ijaya PDP" "The lion of Ubima"

Or

3. Derail the thread!!

Disciples of the Legend of the Hero, in simple ingrish; what happened to the 52% share of the FG?. Amaechi is not a signatory to the Federation account nah..

Ignoring your kind of stupid post would have been the most preferable option but it's a disservice to commonsense if that's done. Which 52% were you expecting the FG to save from? Should the FG opt to save money at the expense of executing its developmental projects and fulfilling other financial obligations? Should they keep money aside and allow Boko haram to subdue the entire country? Should they be saving money and allow the nation to be grounded because of inability to meet fuel marketers' subsidy demand? Even if there's no corruption, the 52% FG share can't solve the numerous problems facing the nation in the areas of road construction, health care delivery, security services, salaries etc. No matter what Soludo or any other sycophants say, the bulk of the blames goes to the greedy governors (led by long throated Ameachi) who held the FG by the jugular thereby forcing the later to deplete the ECA. Let's be sincere in our comments.

dulux07:
U r d one being fooled. Gej himself has not denied it nor dasuki.

That's idiotic. Neither GEJ nor Dasuki had owned up to arms funds diversion either. Don't quote me again because I won't bother to reply your foolery.

dulux07:
Apc also asked GEJ to embezzle the money meant 4 weapons mtcheew.

Stop been fooled by Buhari and his alarmist party. Money meant for Arms procurement was used for that purpose. The funds under investigation were used for political purposes just the way Ameachi and other APC governors allegedly used their respective state funds to sponsor Buhari's election. Period.

Fayose's anti-$2b loan stance is a child's play compared to how APC almost pulled down Nigeria in their quest for the presidency. For those who are short in memory, pls consider the following;

1. APC instructed legislators elected under their party to block Jonathan's $1b loan request to fight Boko haram.

2. APC governors vehemently opposed Jonathan's ingenuity to save for rainy days by going as far as the Supreme Court to stop the ECA.

3. APC openly opposed designation of Boko haram as a terrorist organisation. That singular action embolden the insurgents to wreck more havoc. It was a height of sabotage any opposition party could unleash on a nation it planned to rule.

4. APC in connivance with Jacob Zuma who's a staunch ally of Tinubu and Atiku ensured Nigeria's quest to procure arms from South Africa through black market (having been frustrated by the West through official route) was truncated.

5. Still loading... more to come.

This is one of the reasons Saraki is fighting for his dear life and if care is not taken, just like Baraje predicted, the end of Buhari's govt may takeoff from Saraki's travail. No politician goes down without a dirty fight. OBJ vs ATIKU is a case study.

OP, ordinarily, threads like this should be disregarded dispassionately but ignoring your foolishness is a threat to the growth of this nation. Okonjo Iwela was referring to the political class (mostly APC governors) who vehemently opposed Jonathan's Excess Crude Account to the extent of even dragging the FG to Supreme Court. Twisting her innocent comment to satisfy your satanic intention (probably to shore up Buhari/APC's image) is a crime for which God will punish you. Continue to spread mischief on Nairaland but your day of recompense from the Creator is at hand.

EnergyWA:
It was not an ongoing project. It was cancelled and renegotiated.

The last adminstration started the renegotiation process after the initial cancelation. Can't you people learn?

isaacsegun:
Wth d way ur brain is working, is only God that can help u.
Y do u think we r still facing infrastructural deficit in this country? is becos of what u want our able president to do,he should abandon d ongoing projects and initiate new ones so that u can have a good ground to wail at d end of his tenure. We know ur type.

What a dull brain! Is your IQ so low not to see part of my post where I asked the president to initiate new projects that COMPLIMENT EXISTING ONES? A president that rubbished everything about Jonathan should be seen doing something different in addition to completing existing projects.. Simple English you can't comprehend.

EnergyWA:
It does not change the fact that the successive Nigerian governments could not meet their part of the agreement, hence it had to be renegotiated.

Buhari has reached a deal now. Give him credit. Hopefully, the Nigerian government fulfills their part.

Buhari doesn't deserve any special adulation for continuing with an ongoing project. He's probably doing this to score some political point. I expected him to initiate new power projects that compliment the existing ones instead of wasting 11 months on nothing. If he's so serious with all-round development why was Calabar-Lagos rail project excluded from his initial budget?

This is not a new trend? Even Buhari attempted to bribe Ekiti lawmakers as a preparatory ground to impeach Fayose. It's a case of a servant learning the robe from his master.

EnergyWA:
The Nigerian government cancelled the deal in 2013. They could not meet their end of the agreement.

The deal had to be renegotiated.

Don't make mountain out of molehill here. Negotiation for funding of the project was ongoing even in Jonathan's administration despite the initial cancelation. The project itself was conceived as far back as 1982.

2sexyus:
I don't see PDP doing it more than APC. Even when Buhari is wrong, you guys will still mention "16 years" mantra. It's very immature and clumsy, honestly.

You're so on point. Very apt.

Goke7:
But anytime folks comes out to say Buhari is a dullard its never offensive to you guys, sometimes we are all guilty of what we think its offensive to us, we forget that the things we too say is offensive to others too, its time for some soul searching and decide what kind of country we want.

This thread is not about name calling but the penchant of APC supporters (just like you) who often play down Buhari's shortcomings just because Jonathan did the same thing. You don't repeat past mistakes and still profess change. It's so simple.

Rolings:
If the present administration can continue some of the projects started by Jonathan there is nothing wrong in blaming the Jonathan government where needed. Among the projects this administration is continuing are the 2nd niger bridge, Lagos ibadan express, various airport modernization and the now contoversial Lagos calabar rail project which along with the Kano Lagos rail project is one of the deals the president went to China for. Identifying the cause of a problem is half of the solution to the problem .

You didn't seem to fully understand the article. Nobody says blames shouldn't be apportioned if need be but my concern is about those who often cite Jonathan's failings to ratify Buhari's misdeeds. They often say "the same thing happened during Jonathan's reign hence Buhari should be spared of any castigation". For instance, when the military flagrantly disobeyed the court by deploying soldiers for Rivers election, many on Nairaland and elsewhere posited that the same thing happened under Jonathan. The question is: where is the change?