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Godfullsam:
This should be a lesson to the current president and many people occupying positions of power.

Tallesty1:
He earned it. Nobody cursed Yaradua when died so make the leaving take note.

Tallesty1:
He earned it. Nobody cursed Yaradua when died so make the leaving take note.

aribisala0:
CHAT GPT ON BUHARI


In 1984, during General Muhammadu Buhari’s military regime, Nigerian doctors—represented by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD)—went on a nationwide strike. Their demands included better facilities, fair call duty allowances, restoration of overseas training programs, and timely salaries


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The strike arose after the government announced new policies compelling doctors to:

Pay for medical services in their own workplaces

Abandon overseas clinical attachments

Continue working in deteriorating facilities

Despite some policy reversal, doctors remained firm. The military government interpreted this as part of a conspiracy to undermine the regime


🚨 Government Response: Eviction by Force
According to former activists:




This indicates how harsh the crackdown was.

Buhari’s regime escalated swiftly:

NARD and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) were proscribed (banned) by February 1985
Human Rights Watch

Strike leaders were pursued, some fleeing abroad (e.g., NARD president[b] Dr. Adewole escaped to the UK) [/b]

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Soldiers were reportedly deployed to evict striking doctors—and their families—from government-provided housing, issuing them 48 hours to vacate their residential quarters. This was in line with the regime’s uncompromising stance on civil disobedience.

✍️ Context & Human Rights Violations
This incident was part of a broader trend of rights abuses under Buhari’s 1983–85 rule:

Strikes were banned

Individuals could be detained without trial under the State Security (Detention of Persons) Decree No. 2

Security forces routinely suppressed dissent and arbitrarily arrested activists, students, doctors, journalists, and unionists

📝 Summary
What happened: Doctors on strike for improved pay and conditions faced eviction and military intimidation.

Who: Led by NARD/NMA, involving senior doctors, house officers, and their families.

When: Strike began in late 1984; doctors were evicted and associations banned by February 1985.

Government action: Deployment of soldiers, evictions from residences, bans on associations, arrests, and forced exiles.

In summary, Buhari’s regime responded to the 1984 doctors’ strike with a hardline, militarized approach, enforcing evictions within 48 hours from residential quarters and dismantling doctors' representative bodies. It remains a stark example of the military government's intolerance for labor action and civil dissent.

Elusive001:
But it's absurd to support one while he destroys things and then turn to blame him and despise him when he is out of power. How and why will I know that a leader is wrecking the country and yet support him, only to blame him when he is no more in power or alive. It is pure madness.

Tallesty1:
He earned it. Nobody cursed Yaradua when died so make the leaving take note.

Elusive001:
It is the way of life of the second group. They are not back stabbers for nothing. When I say that those guys abhor Nigeria, some peeps think that i am joking.

Watch them support every bad and extremely corrupt leadership and administration

SamGift0817:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6hB_rIUUf4

Farouk Aliyu, a close ally of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, says it is unfortunate that some Nigerians have gone online to rain insults on the former Nigerian leader who passed on on Sunday, July 13, 2025.

Godfullsam:
This should be a lesson to the current president and many people occupying positions of power.