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PDP's 16 years of prosperity that left us with almost non-existent power supply, dead refineries, dilapidated railways, eyesore airports to name a few, came on the back of very low standard of locked down military economy. The bar was very low.

The vice president of PDP's first eight years tenure was part of APC coalition.

anonimi:
How many of APC key actors are members of the deregulation and privatisation PDP capitalists that gave us 16 years of prosperity, high employment, low inflation etc?

All the good things that ebilokan used his 2011 expired northerner Buhari to change a decade ago. How could he have made his fellow southerner Jonathan a one term president in favour of a clueless northerner who showed us shege for eight years before the Lagos landlord used Yorubalokan to worsen everything further?

SmartEdNG:
Renovating the Bauchi Assembly Complex is a great step towards improving governance and infrastructure. However, it’s crucial that the funds are used wisely to ensure transparency and benefit the citizens. Let's hope for accountability in this one.

Your comment showed your level of discernment. This is not about whether they should be transparent in erecting the building. The real question is even if they quoted the right amount, is that what the people of Bauchi State need now? Bauchi is one of the poorest states in the country, and the government wants to use its scarce resources to build a structure for bunch of useless and stupid house members to gather daily and talk nonsense.

You see why reasonable Nigerians want Peter Obi to lead this country? As long as it is that structure shown in this post, what needs to be done is to repaint it and have them pass their useless laws in it.

Nonsense!

lagonovo:
PDP's 16 years of prosperity that left us with almost non-existent power supply, dead refineries, dilapidated railways, eyesore airports to name a few, came on the back of very low standard of locked down military economy. The bar was very low.

The vice president of PDP's first eight years tenure was part of APC coalition.

Do you know better than ebilokan’s finance minister about the comparative situation of our economy between the PDP glorious prosperity era and the extreme poverty era of APC

Useless people every where.. no block work, no cement and no iron.. only Painting and changing of tiles are 7.8 billion.... You must be a trained criminal...

madridguy:
From Seyi Makinde to Bala Mohammed, our greatest problem in Nigeria are our governors.

The presidency doesn't come to mind? 👀

You are in a situation of extreme poverty? Sorry, but some people were also in your shoes during the so-called PDP glorious prosperity era. E go better.

anonimi:
Do you know better than ebilokan’s finance minister about the comparative situation of our economy between the PDP glorious prosperity era and the extreme poverty era of APC

this is only what these GOVERNORS know how to do. just to renovate houses and roads

Lol…since it’s not tinubu, wike, federal government or happening in south west…you no go hear pim

lagonovo:
You are in a situation of extreme poverty? Sorry, but some people were also in your shoes during the so-called PDP glorious prosperity era. E go better.

There are many more extreme poverty Nigerians under clueless APC progreThieves, who squeeze out revenue from the masses and then dash them daily free food palliatives instead of jobs to earn a living in dignity.

treesun:
Buhari's eight-year reign as president has seen Nigeria struggle through numerous challenges, with inflation and unemployment at worse levels than he met them.

Today is President Muhammadu Buhari’s last full day in office as Nigeria’s president. First sworn in as a democratic president on 29 May 2015, he will hand over to his successor, Bola Tinubu, tomorrow.

During the 2015 election, Mr Buhari convinced Nigerians to do something they had never done before – turn power over to the opposition party at the national level. In return, Nigerians expected him and his party, the APC, to do something hard to do – sail their country across turbulent economic and political waters.

“My only desire is to prove to you that Nigeria can truly work,” Mr Buhari said on the morning of 6th January 2015. “Allow me to prove to you that in your lifetime, you can be proud of this country,” he added. Mr Buhari later promised to tackle corruption and insecurity and develop the economy which he said was in poor shape.

Monday, May 29 will mark eight years since Mr Buhari took power as Nigeria’s president, after defeating former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 and winning re-election in 2019.

His eight-year reign as president has seen the nation wriggle through numerous challenges, with inflation and unemployment at worse levels than he met them. Some Nigerians believe the Buhari administration has performed way below the bar it set for itself in seeking office. But, we examined data on some key indicators to see how Buhari performed in the last eight years.


Inflation
Before Mr Buhari took office in 2015, Nigeria’s inflation rates remained at single digits – even as analysts opined at the time that it was high. For instance, in the whole of 2014, the inflation rate moved between 7.7 per cent, which was the lowest, to the highest point of 8.5 per cent, official data shows.

By 2015, when Mr Buhari took over power, the inflation rate averaged 9 per cent.

Since then, the nation has seen a surge in inflation rates. Data released by the statistics bureau, NBS, shows that under Mr Buhari, Nigeria’s inflation rate hit a 16-year high amid an increase in prices and poor purchasing power.

In 2016, inflation rose to 15.68 per cent and jumped to 16.52 per cent in 2017. The numbers dropped to 12.09 per cent in 2018 and down to 11.40 per cent in 2019. By 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it had risen to 12.2 per cent and closed in 2021 at 16.95 per cent.

In 2022, NBS said the inflation rate climbed to 21.34 per cent. As food prices rose, Nigeria’s inflation rate hit 22.22 per cent in April this year.


Inflation
Unemployment and poverty rate
When President Buhari took over power in the second quarter of 2015, Nigeria’s unemployment rate rose to 9.9 per cent in the third quarter of that year from 8.2 per cent in the second quarter, according to the NBS.

Since then, unemployment, poverty, and economic disempowerment have remained a disturbing feature of Nigerian life. Between May 2015 and May 2021, Nigeria’s unemployment rate more than tripled.

The current data on the NBS dashboard shows Nigeria’s unemployment rate is 33.3 per cent, translating to some 23.2 million people, the highest in at least 13 years and the second-highest rate in the world.

Similarly, the last poverty survey from the NBS showed that 63 per cent of the Nigerian population, or almost 133 million people, are multidimensionally poor. Prior to 2015, only 53 per cent of Nigerians were multidimensionally poor.

GDP
At no point in its 62-year history has Nigeria’s economy expanded slower than its population for a longer period than between 2015 and 2020, an indictment on Mr Buhari who has led the country in that time.

The income per person, what economists call GDP per capita, is a better measure of the economic health of a country than the total amount of goods and services produced as it factors in the size of the country’s population into economic output.

Data from the World Bank shows that Nigeria’s GDP per capita declined by 0.02 per cent, 4.16 per cent, and 1.78 per cent in 2015, 2016, and 2017, respectively. In 2018, 2019, and 2020, it declined by 0.68 per cent, 0.38 per cent, and 4.57 per cent, a painful squeeze for Nigerians whose average incomes are about $2000, less than half the $5,000 of South Africans.

Nigeria’s annual GDP growth rate also declined from 6.22 in 2014 to 3.10 in 2022.

Also, between May 2015 and now, the Nigerian economy fell into recession twice. Under Mr Buhari’s stewardship, the economy fell into recession, first, in 2016 when the economy contracted by 2.06 per cent between April and June, and in 2020 when COVID-19 decimated economies all over the world.

Naira to dollar
In November 2015, barely six months after Mr Buhari was inaugurated as president, the naira sold against the dollar at N197. Between then and now, the Nigerian currency has gone through ceaseless devaluation, with two such exercises occurring in 2020 alone.

This year, 2023, the currency had been trading in the range of N445 and N463 for a dollar on the relatively flexible spot market window but on the black market, used by most Nigerians and foreigners, dealers exchange the naira at N730 and above.

Debt
In the same vein, Nigeria’s debt profile has risen considerably since Mr Buhari took over power, as budgetary proposals have been designed around debts.

The Debt Management Office (DMO) said Nigeria’s debt profile stood at N12.12 trillion as of June 2015, shortly after Mr Buhari took office.

DMO data shows Nigeria’s total public debt as of 31 December 2022, was N41.6 trillion. The figures include the Debt Stock of the federal and state governments, as well as, the Federal Capital Territory.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the Buhari administration borrowed three times the combined amount by past governments since 1999.

The government has argued that it spent a lot of the money on infrastructure, mainly roads, bridges and railway, projects that are essential for development. However, the repayment of the loans has created a major challenge for the government with annual income barely enough to service the debts.


Debt Status under Buhari’s Administration
Human development
Also, between 2014 and 2019, Nigeria dropped nine places on the Global Human Development Index (HDI) published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

The country was ranked 152 out of 187 countries in 2014. But, in 2022, the index placed Nigeria 163 out of 191 countries worldwide.

The country scored low on all three basic dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, knowledge, and a decent standard of living.

Corruption
The perception of corruption in Nigeria under Mr Buhari’s predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, averaged 25.8 per cent. The score fluctuated between 24 and 27 per cent during the five years of Mr Jonathan. The lower the score, the more a country is perceived as corrupt by its residents.

Mr Buhari’s tenure as of 2022 averaged 25 per cent. Within the eight years since he assumed office, the country’s score has ranged between 24 and 28 per cent, according to Transparency International (TI).

Nigeria’s ranking on the global index has not been impressive. Between 2016 and 2020, Nigeria slipped in ranking by 18 positions, from 136 in 2016 to 154 in 2021. The rankings are from one to 180, with 180 indicating the country that has the worst perception of corruption.

Nigeria is among countries that “have serious corruption problems” and are at their “lowest level in the last decade.” The global average remains unchanged for the tenth year in a row, at just 43 out of a possible 100 points, and Nigeria’s points remain less than 30 despite multiple commitments.

Out-of-school children
When Mr Buhari came into office in 2015, no fewer than 10.5 million Nigerian children were out of school, data from the United Nations International Children’s Fund shows.

The out-of-school situation has grown worse due to the degenerating security situation in the country.

As of September 2022, Nigeria had about 20 million out-of-school children, according to the latest global data on out-of-school children by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

Although the Nigerian government has questioned the UNESCO figure, many analysts said that insecurity in many parts of the country, particularly the North-west, contributed to the increase in the number of out-of-school children, with many schools shut in the affected parts of the country.

Ease of doing business
On the ease of doing business, Nigeria recorded tremendous improvement under Mr Buhari. Africa’s largest economy is currently ranked 131 out of 190 economies in the world on ease of doing business, according to the latest World Bank annual ratings.

The country was ranked 170 in 2015 before Mr Buhari came to power. The number dropped to 169 in 2016; 141 in 2017

The Ease of Doing Business ratings rank countries based on how the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation through simpler and friendly regulations for businesses, and stronger protections of property rights by governments, among other key variables.


Ease of Business
Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)
The World Health Organisation (WHO) reported that about 58,000 maternal deaths occurred in Nigeria in 2015 and that the MMR declined from 1350 deaths per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 814 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2015.

By 2022, the latest United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report titled “Situation of Women and Children in Nigeria,” states that the country recorded 576 maternal mortality per 100,000 live births.

This means though the numbers are still high, maternal mortality is on the decline in Nigeria, including under Mr Buhari.

Maternal mortality is a major public health problem in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) such as Nigeria and it is one of the strongest indicators of a country’s standard of living and maternity care.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/features-and-interviews/600912-scorecard-key-metrics-show-buhari-failed-as-nigerias-president.html?tztc=1

Abah!! Why na?!

Why not use that money to renovate and upgrade schools and hospitals in the states' rural communities

Maxymilliano:
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To build new complex come be how much🤣

Na so.
Baba renovate am, na watin Nigerian wan see to show say politician de work. Ofcourse some pockets will grow fatter.
The one that saved money, cut all unnecessary renovations etc due to a debt ridden state economy, invested rather in ventures eg one recently confirmed by the states tax office bringing taxes of over 340m yearly till date while shares of that investment is still there, employing direct and indirect over 500 people, them say him no do anything.
I always use the analogy of one's personal life and business. Is it when your business is in debt you then take what is left of your capital or money you borrow from loan app to start painting your house, office, buying new 100 inch TV, buying new office furniture or home furniture? Or rather you use the little capital or loan to invest in new stock to trade with and when you make profit you use from the profit to paint, buy TV, renovate, build new house.
Our politicians are like that, na to blow money dig more and more into debt them sabi.

How much to construct a New one?

7.8 billion they said. Youre spewing rubbish

SmartEdNG:
Renovating the Bauchi Assembly Complex is a great step towards improving governance and infrastructure. However, it’s crucial that the funds are used wisely to ensure transparency and benefit the citizens. Let's hope for accountability in this one.