₦airaland Forum

Goodmorning and happy Sunday to you all.
Regarding my topic above. I'm 44yrs old and since I know myself very well as a child starting from IBB regime. I have noticed that any new president or military ruler is worse than the one he collected power from.
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Now let me start from the IBB tenure, at least from 1990 till 1993 he relinquish power I was above 10yrs and knew myself, surrounding and what's happening in Nigeria very well.
If we're to give IBB pass mark, to me he got 60/100 in terms of things going well for the average man. Even though some people still grumble about the economics and all which I believe is normal.
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In come Abacha, few months into Abacha's administration people starts missing IBB including those that complain against him.
As months turn to years we started getting used to Abacha's regime, things were going fine except that you don talk anyhow or criticize the regime else you'll be missing and sometimes declared dead. And majority of the people that kicked against Abacha then are the people ruling us now and impoverishing us. So back then, their complaint were just for their selfishness and personal gains.
Not that Abacha didn't do well just that as a military regime you don't have freedom of speech.
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In comes Obasanjo, months into his regime which was a Democratic one, few people here and there started missing Abacha and the military, though it wasn't loud that much. But in subsequent years people began talking about Abacha in terms of things being good economically. But without mincing words, Obasanjo too tried his best and things were somehow ok.
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In comes Yar Adua. I have to be honest here, I was in my late 20s and fully matured, but up til now I can't say if I should give Yar Adua pass mark or not. It was as if I wasn't in existence cuz till now I can't pinpoint how people rated Yar Adua, maybe bcuz he ruled for a short time. But the truth is I don't know how to rate him, but generally things and the economy was also somehow good.
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In comes Jonathan, hmm.... Jonathan also tried his best. But it was in his tenure corruption and stealing of money rose so high. Now I'm not saying other past administration they wasn't corruption or stealing or embezzling of money but, it became rife and more pronounce during GEJ tenure.
And the irony of it all is that, GEJ himself wasn't the one doing most of the stealing and embezzlement (not that I'm exonerating him from it too) but his appointees, ministers and those who surrounds him including his wife where the ones stealing and spoiling the name of his administration.
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Before I continue, I want to let you all know that my initial comparison between this past leaders was based on just economy and how things are going well for the common man. If things are going well for the common man, which I believe we all know carries the majority, then every leader under such circumstances is doing well in their eyes and there'll be no much complaint and grumbling.
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But in GEJ's time things were going fine economically, but the pronouncement and outcry of the elites and media houses about serious corruption and embezzlement got to the masses (common man) and they started thinking they deserves more than they are getting currently then.
This are the main reason APC with their "Change Mantra" got to almost 80% of Nigerians. People started having enough of Jonathan and PDP in particular. Majority of the outcry then was let us even taste another party.
I for one, the first and only time I voted in my 44yrs of existence was in Jonathan's first election seeking to be permanent president after serving out Yar Adua's 2 remaining yrs.
And I voted for him.
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Fast forward to 2015, I too started agreeing with people that wanted change. And I can swear with my life that majority of us that later criticize Buhari and now Tinubu also wanted that change of person and party.
Not that Jonathan did badly o, but people just wanted a change of party and it's not their fault cuz the corruption and embezzlement under him gave the opposition party what to campaign with and people bought into their vision.
.
In comes Buhari, initially things started looking as if they were about to improve but in a drastic change of event it just went downhill and worse. In my whole existence I used to say I haven't seen a president abused and cursed so much by the populace like Buhari. Even children of 5yrs and above knew and heard of Buhari bcus the hardship got to their parents and their parents complaint which many at times brought up Buhari's name made them know Buhari was our problem. So both children, teens and adults insults and cursed the living daylight out of Buhari.
Honestly, if our curses and swear were effective Buhari would have been dead by now. It even made some people said they can never be any president worse than Buhari.
I rmbr telling some people that cares to listen then, that we haven't seen worse yet. That they should watch out for the next president.
And when I told them to watch out for the next president, I didn't single out anybody.
I just feel the next president whether it be from PDP, APC, LP or whatever will make us rmbr Buhari and I wasn't proven wrong cuz it has been the re-occurring theme ever since I know myself in this country.
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My final conclusion is that day, as Nigeria is today. I haven't seen any messiah yet and what I can tell people is whatever you're doing don't relent, continue pushing hard. With or without the government, if you will succeed you will succeed.
This are just my own opinion and observation about the Nigeria state. You all are free to counter or support my opinion.
Have a lovely day ahead.

The reason is no one’s actually prepared or ready, they all learn on the job, it’s just like chess or checkers, you don’t see potential winning moves most times while you’re in the game, you see better as a spectator. That’s why everyone can analyse and criticise, give that same person a chance, he won’t know how to even put on a computer, expectations and distractions around clouds the delivery capacity.

They don’t teach leadership, it’s inborn, no born leader has ever governed Nigeria

floss:
The reason is no one’s actually prepared or ready, they all learn on the job, it’s just like chess or checkers, you don’t see potential winning moves most times while you’re in the game, you see better as a spectator. That’s why everyone can analyse and criticise, give that same person a chance, he won’t know how to even put on a computer, expectations and distractions around clouds the delivery capacity.

They don’t teach leadership, it’s inborn, no born leader has ever governed Nigeria

Honestly I can't agree less to your assertion

All I can say is it’s GREED AND HEARTLESSNESS that’s has been the cause.

Yar’adua seem to have been somehow different since the days of IBB till date.

No government officials that doesn’t know that fuel price hikes affects all sectors of daily endeavors and for yar’adua to have reduced the price within months of his governance bridge the gap of his reasoning to others

THERE’S DIFFERENT BETWEEN KNOWING WHAT TO DO AND CHOOSES TO DO IT

From the foundation, Nigeria have been designed not to work.
Not until we all face the reality.
Nigeria will always get worst, because of countries and person's that are benefiting from the failure of Nigeria.
The only solution is to end this fraud called Nigeria.
The Amalgamation was founded on deception and hypocrisy.
The British did not mean any good for the Amalgamation.
Not until we de-amalgamate NIGERIA, thing's will get worst.
For the next generations to come, thing's will get worst.
Because the foundation of Nigeria is faulty.
I pray that a peaceful REFERENDUM will be possible.

In Yaradua's short rule we enjoyed a stable economy and a decline in corruption even insecurity I remember how he treated the issue of the niger delta militants only a few cases of farmer header crises that I can remember so I can categorically say he was better than the government he took over from.

Jonathan wasn't prepared to be president so I won't judge his government but you see buhari and Tinubu, they never had any intentions to move the country forward, I'm certain if you ask Tinubu his manifesto he wouldn't even know he had any, they only want to be president they have no workable plans all they do is just try to win people during elections to get votes.

in the last election all the contestants where shouting subsidy removal something most people didn't understand, it was a phrase that was selling and none of them didn't want Nigerians to think they're not following trend but I bet none of them had a workable plan to implement it, no impact assessment, you'd see the way Tinubu joyously announced the removal to look like it he knows what he was doing.

I believe if we have intentional leaders they'd be a difference. They last we had and this very one are just packed fraud.

Kvarachi:
Goodmorning and happy Sunday to you all.
Regarding my topic above. I'm 44yrs old and since I know myself very well as a child starting from IBB regime. I have noticed that any new president or military ruler is worse than the one he collected power from.
.
Now let me start from the IBB tenure, at least from 1990 till 1993 he relinquish power I was above 10yrs and knew myself, surrounding and what's happening in Nigeria very well.
If we're to give IBB pass mark, to me he got 60/100 in terms of things going well for the average man. Even though some people still grumble about the economics and all which I believe is normal.
.
In come Abacha, few months into Abacha's administration people starts missing IBB including those that complain against him.
As months turn to years we started getting used to Abacha's regime, things were going fine except that you don talk anyhow or criticize the regime else you'll be missing and sometimes declared dead. And majority of the people that kicked against Abacha then are the people ruling us now and impoverishing us. So back then, their complaint were just for their selfishness and personal gains.
Not that Abacha didn't do well just that as a military regime you don't have freedom of speech.
.
In comes Obasanjo, months into his regime which was a Democratic one, few people here and there started missing Abacha and the military, though it wasn't loud that much. But in subsequent years people began talking about Abacha in terms of things being good economically. But without mincing words, Obasanjo too tried his best and things were somehow ok.
.
In comes Yar Adua. I have to be honest here, I was in my late 20s and fully matured, but up til now I can't say if I should give Yar Adua pass mark or not. It was as if I wasn't in existence cuz till now I can't pinpoint how people rated Yar Adua, maybe bcuz he ruled for a short time. But the truth is I don't know how to rate him, but generally things and the economy was also somehow good.
.
In comes Jonathan, hmm.... Jonathan also tried his best. But it was in his tenure corruption and stealing of money rose so high. Now I'm not saying other past administration they wasn't corruption or stealing or embezzling of money but, it became rife and more pronounce during GEJ tenure.
And the irony of it all is that, GEJ himself wasn't the one doing most of the stealing and embezzlement (not that I'm exonerating him from it too) but his appointees, ministers and those who surrounds him including his wife where the ones stealing and spoiling the name of his administration.
.
Before I continue, I want to let you all know that my initial comparison between this past leaders was based on just economy and how things are going well for the common man. If things are going well for the common man, which I believe we all know carries the majority, then every leader under such circumstances is doing well in their eyes and there'll be no much complaint and grumbling.
.
But in GEJ's time things were going fine economically, but the pronouncement and outcry of the elites and media houses about serious corruption and embezzlement got to the masses (common man) and they started thinking they deserves more than they are getting currently then.
This are the main reason APC with their "Change Mantra" got to almost 80% of Nigerians. People started having enough of Jonathan and PDP in particular. Majority of the outcry then was let us even taste another party.
I for one, the first and only time I voted in my 44yrs of existence was in Jonathan's first election seeking to be permanent president after serving out Yar Adua's 2 remaining yrs.
And I voted for him.
.
Fast forward to 2015, I too started agreeing with people that wanted change. And I can swear with my life that majority of us that later criticize Buhari and now Tinubu also wanted that change of person and party.
Not that Jonathan did badly o, but people just wanted a change of party and it's not their fault cuz the corruption and embezzlement under him gave the opposition party what to campaign with and people bought into their vision.
.
In comes Buhari, initially things started looking as if they were about to improve but in a drastic change of event it just went downhill and worse. In my whole existence I used to say I haven't seen a president abused and cursed so much by the populace like Buhari. Even children of 5yrs and above knew and heard of Buhari bcus the hardship got to their parents and their parents complaint which many at times brought up Buhari's name made them know Buhari was our problem. So both children, teens and adults insults and cursed the living daylight out of Buhari.
Honestly, if our curses and swear were effective Buhari would have been dead by now. It even made some people said they can never be any president worse than Buhari.
I rmbr telling some people that cares to listen then, that we haven't seen worse yet. That they should watch out for the next president.
And when I told them to watch out for the next president, I didn't single out anybody.
I just feel the next president whether it be from PDP, APC, LP or whatever will make us rmbr Buhari and I wasn't proven wrong cuz it has been the re-occurring theme ever since I know myself in this country.
.
My final conclusion is that day, as Nigeria is today. I haven't seen any messiah yet and what I can tell people is whatever you're doing don't relent, continue pushing hard. With or without the government, if you will succeed you will succeed.
This are just my own opinion and observation about the Nigeria state. You all are free to counter or support my opinion.
Have a lovely day ahead.

Although your facts and analysis are fair... I would say there are good leaders in our midst yet to empowered...

Accepting this school of thought... gives a defeated mindset that "nothing good can come out from Nazareth"... So I would rather give the answer " Come and see"...

Personally I am aiming to be Nigeria next President...

The issues of flawed leadership has been centered on selfishness and lack of self will...

Most Nigerian political leaders only know our common issues... but do not understand the issues... therefore they are void of solutions...

If we don't visit the past... then we can't heal the present... to ensure future progress...

I won't say much now... but when the opportunity comes... I believe my results would be a comfort to many who maintain their integrity...