₦airaland Forum

helinues:
It used to be around 50m+. It has reduced. With the commissioning of some farm equipments by president Tinubu just some weeks ago, there should be more improvement with our food security.

At least in Southern regions, herdsmen crisis have reduced drastically . The farmers don't have excuse

Can you or your sidekick Softmirror share a link where you saw 50m people at risk of starvation in the past years?
There should be a limit to this thing called sycophancy

Softmirror:
You got my message very well. This is an improvement compared to the past.

Neither of you has a conscience because you never cared to read and digest the report before agreeing with a confirmatory bias comment. For your comprehension, the reason stated was clear and it's here in colours

The report attributed the situation to the record inflation in Nigeria, with food inflation reaching 40.9 per cent in June 2024.

Kukutente23:
Can you or your sidekick Softmirror share a link where you saw 50 million people at risk of starvation in the past years?
There should be a limit to this thing called sycophancy

They aren't here to contribute any positive thing to the discussions than to obfuscate and engage in mental gymnastics to deceive themselves and their tribal warlords. The reasons were plainly stated in the report, but he overlooked them and created his own false narratives.

The report attributed the situation to the record inflation in Nigeria, with food inflation reaching 40.9 per cent in June 2024.

helinues:
Noted

But just some weeks ago, 2,000 tractors plus 8,000 farming equipments was commissioned by president Tinubu. It should have been distributed to the states to boost food security

Btw, this projection figure used to be about 50m on average

This is not a projection, this is the present reality. Children are dying of starvation as we speak.

Tjra:
It's really sad bro

You need to see the level of hunger here in the Southeast. We can't wait to vote out Tinubu.

The suffering in Alaigbo is too much

When did Bourdillon become a part of the south east

anonimi:
The eyesore on Bourdillon Road
2nd January 2025

Beyond his neighbours, there is something about the sight of people hanging around a president’s residence that does not speak well of his leadership capabilities. Maybe no one has nudged him to see it, but the impression that spectacle on Bourdillon Road generates is that Tinubu enjoys the sight of suffering humans and thrives in—and through— their poverty.

If all these years, impoverished people hang around you and you remain comfortable enough to keep them just so they can be handed tokens of your large heart, then it means you have a pro-poverty mindset. Such a frame of mind is oriented toward cultivating poverty rather than stimulating abundance.

That is why he could unproblematically relate the story of his “friend” who went from using five Rolls Royce to a far-less valued car and not consider the import of the nonsense he was saying. That spurious account was an indication that this is a man for whom poverty—of others, not himself—is an ideal.

https://punchng.com/the-eyesore-on-bourdillon-road/

BlackPantherxXx:
Most of them are in the dotindacircle region.

SW needs to donate to these IDPs. Hunger too dey that side.

Yoruba boys need to donate more than sea men to their ladies

Our Lagos based Yorubalokan IDPs need your help more.

Glimpsetv:
A large crowd of Lagosians was filmed in a long queue struggling to collect a loaf of bread. To maintain order, several military personnel were on the ground to control the crowd. This has triggered a lot of reactions online.

Watch the video, share your thoughts in the comments.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYltMapDyIo?si=0-hO0Vt5C9uBxVd1

DiamondsAreFore:
https://dailytrust.com/food-crisis-34-million-nigerians-at-risk-of-hunger-as-un-food-aid-ends/#google_vignette

But who will tell the truth that at the root of this is the adoption of unconstitutional Islamic sharia criminal justice system by the political and religious leaders in the 12 far north states of Nigeria beginning 1999?
Since then, Islamic religious extremists took to war to make Nigeria become an Islamic Republic to be governed with Sharia criminal justice system.

helinues:
It used to be around 50m+. It has reduced. With the commissioning of some farm equipments by president Tinubu just some weeks ago, there should be more improvement with our food security.

At least in Southern regions, herdsmen crisis have reduced drastically . The farmers don't have excuse

who be this? God ! Guy have empathy for once

But IMF just finished projecting Nigeria economy ahead of UK na dat same economy Dem day say 31 million people are at risk of starvation, I don't understand

helinues:
What would your reaction have been if the figure was 50m+?

The insincerity part of you people is what would make Nigerians not to listen to whatever you want to say. You are not interested in appreciating any efforts being made by this government. It's a vow to something

Who took the number of starving Nigerians to the 50m+ you quoted? GEJ or buhari?

jaxxy:
I was telling someone that there is hunger in the land and Millions of Nigerians are hungry and facing untold hardship and he said I wasn't exposed where is the UN report? just to defend a useless, nepotistic and fantastically corrupt government. Lol

Lol, i was clearly specific about YOUR hunger and asked you to intensify your cries. i was not referring to the people discussed in this article who have been in this situation for years and now stand at risk due to the withdrawal of humanitarian funding by the United Nations (UN). Hunger didn't just start in Nigeria, i have said this several times. i didn't say there was no hunger. But we can add yours and Amaechi's to it to have a robust and rebased data.

helinues:
Noted

But just some weeks ago, 2,000 tractors plus 8,000 farming equipments was commissioned by president Tinubu. It should have been distributed to the states to boost food security

Btw, this projection figure used to be about 50m on average

Wait till 2027 till you talk about distribution. If you believe it will be distributed this year, you are joking.

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Lol, i was clearly specific about YOUR hunger and asked you to intensify your cries. i was not referring to the people discussed in this article who have been in this situation for years and now stand at risk due to the withdrawal of humanitarian funding by the United Nations (UN). Hunger didn't just start in Nigeria, i have said this several times. i didn't say there was no hunger. But we can add yours and Amaechi's to it to have a robust and rebased data.

U are right hunger has been I'm Nigeria so u and ur government just came to intensify it with renewed shege promax after buhari.

And yes u first denied my claims of millions facing hunger as a fictitious but now u have switched conveniently to just me and Amaechi. Lol

jaxxy:
U are right hunger has been I'm Nigeria so u and ur government just came to intensify it with renewed shege promax after buhari.

And yes u first denied my claims of millions facing hunger as a fictitious but now u have switched conveniently to just me and Amaechi. Lol

i initially and clearly said that people have been hungry since Adam and Nigeria started in 2023 (tongue in cheek). i also later remarked, "And it didn't start today" There's no way ther'd not have been intensified hunger after the removal of subsidies, which had to happen and which all the top contestants in the 2023 presidential elections promised. All educated people predicted that, and even the government acknowledged it. Plus the clamour for increase in minimum wage was predicted to increase inflation. What i said is that you shouldn't exaggerate it.

This never happened during GEJ administration Tinubu heavily criticized then. Tinubu na noise maker Walahi.. nothing dey for him head.

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i initially and clearly said that people have been hungry since Adam and Nigeria started in 2023 (tongue in cheek). i also later remarked, "And it didn't start today" There's no way ther'd not have been intensified hunger after the removal of subsidies, which had to happen and which all the top contestants in the 2023 presidential elections promised. All educated people predicted that, and even the government acknowledged it. Plus the clamour for increase in minimum wage was predicted to increase inflation. What i said is that you shouldn't exaggerate it.

Removing subsidy and floating the Nigerian at sometime but out any proper plans in place to address the impending hardship is the cause of shege promax not just removing subsidy. tinubu goofed and now people are hungry and starving.

jaxxy:
Removing subsidy and floating the Nigerian at sometime but out any proper plans in place to address the impending hardship is the cause of shege promax not just removing subsidy. tinubu goofed and now people are hungry and starving.

There was going to be hard times regardless of who did it, we know that much, and experts predicted it. If for example, you were being subsidized by your parents by 1million naira yearly to cover rent, children school fees and transportation and you make X naira annually not enough for the bills. If your parents for any reason stopped, you'll feel it. You'll then need to make more to cover up or cut spending. It's common sense, not promax or whatever term you call it.
The country could not sustain the subsidy figures. Debt to GDP was a staggering 97%, we had net foreign reserves of about $3 billion, could not even allow foreign companies like airlines and MTN take their legitimate money because of $7billion backlog. These were real debts sending the wrongest signals to foreign investors, apart from the heavy debt used to sustain the subsidies. i remember some airlines were refusing to fly from Nigeria.
Today, Tinubu has cleared this $7billion backlog, cleared IMF $3billion loan, increased net FX reserves by over $25billion. Yet this hasn't stopped staggering amounts shared at FAAC monthly or payments of salaries across board. We know how it was before except we want to lie.
This hasn't stopped the attempt at restarting the refineries which also cost huge money, and the different ongoing projects even if you don't agree they should be done. At least, they are not done with water or paper. When i cut the man big slacks, it's because of things like the above mentioned. But let's keep playing politics and tribal/religious games.

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There was going to be hard times regardless of who did it, we know that much, and experts predicted it. If for example, you were being subsidized by your parents by 1million naira yearly to cover rent, children school fees and transportation and you make X naira annually not enough for the bills. If your parents for any reason stopped, you'll feel it. You'll then need to make more to cover up or cut spending. It's common sense, not promax or whatever term you call it.
The country could not sustain the subsidy figures. Debt to GDP was a staggering 97%, we had net foreign reserves of about $3 billion, could not even allow foreign companies like airlines and MTN take their legitimate money because of $7billion backlog. These were real debts sending the wrongest signals to foreign investors, apart from the heavy debt used to sustain the subsidies. i remember some airlines were refusing to fly from Nigeria.
Today, Tinubu has cleared this $7billion backlog, cleared IMF $3billion loan, increased net FX reserves by over $25billion. Yet this hasn't stopped staggering amounts shared at FAAC monthly or payments of salaries across board. We know how it was before except we want to lie.
This hasn't stopped the attempt at restarting the refineries which also cost huge money, and the different ongoing projects even if you don't agree they should be done. At least, they are not done with water or paper. When i cut the man big slacks, it's because of things like the above mentioned. But let's keep playing politics and tribal/religious games.

You cannot preach austerity and you are living in opulence at the same time. The guys in government are having the time of their lives and there is no semblance of “managing” in their lifestyle.

You say “we know how things have been” and mentioned how the last administration performed poorly but this was what honest Nigerians kept telling you for eight years whilst you countered them as a party loyalist. Now that you have another man (who is your man) on the block, it is convenient to throw the man you defended under the bus in order to give credence to this one. This is the definition of dishonesty.

Shameless and wicked leaders weaponizing hunger to their brothers and sisters.
They've destroyed the country...it's a shame

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There was going to be hard times regardless of who did it, we know that much, and experts predicted it. If for example, you were being subsidized by your parents by 1million naira yearly to cover rent, children school fees and transportation and you make X naira annually not enough for the bills. If your parents for any reason stopped, you'll feel it. You'll then need to make more to cover up or cut spending. It's common sense, not promax or whatever term you call it.
The country could not sustain the subsidy figures. Debt to GDP was a staggering 97%, we had net foreign reserves of about $3 billion, could not even allow foreign companies like airlines and MTN take their legitimate money because of $7billion backlog. These were real debts sending the wrongest signals to foreign investors, apart from the heavy debt used to sustain the subsidies. i remember some airlines were refusing to fly from Nigeria.
Today, Tinubu has cleared this $7billion backlog, cleared IMF $3billion loan, increased net FX reserves by over $25billion. Yet this hasn't stopped staggering amounts shared at FAAC monthly or payments of salaries across board. We know how it was before except we want to lie.
This hasn't stopped the attempt at restarting the refineries which also cost huge money, and the different ongoing projects even if you don't agree they should be done. At least, they are not done with water or paper. When i cut the man big slacks, it's because of things like the above mentioned. But let's keep playing politics and tribal/religious games.

Let me simplify the problem for u. The economy was thriving under Obasanjo, Yaradua and Jonathan even tho Jonathan abused many economic opportunities the economy still thrived even with subsidy payments.

Jonathan tried to remove subsidy then which would not have been as bad as it is now but tinubu launch a political protest against it and it was reversed.

tinubu wins elections for buhari a very incompetent leader and throws the economy into a downward spiral, with mediocre kitchen cabinets and nepotism.

The country went from bad to worse. tinubu wins elections for himself, enters the already worse economy his ally created and goes on to make it worst by mediocre kitchen cabinets and nepotism just like buhari and then arrogant, not well thought out policies and policy flipflops.

All this bad decisions from apc buhari and tinubu led us down hill where we are. Nobody cried of hunger under buhari but under tinubu millions are crying of hunger.

And yes u 1st said it was whataapp gossips and fallacies until I broke it further down for u to now admit millions have been hungry when in actual fact this administration set the country back and threw people into unexpected and unexplainable hardship.

EACH OF THE 10 BASKETS SHE IS CARRYING IS N10'000.
THE FALCONS, EACH OF THEM GETS N150MILLION, ONE BUILDING AT ABUJA AND MANY MORE AND YOU SAY NIGERIA IS POOR?.
YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS.
THIS IS A "NEPO.CRACY".

Lookmun:
You cannot preach austerity and you are living in opulence at the same time. The guys in government are having the time of their lives and there is no semblance of “managing” in their lifestyle.

You say “we know how things have been” and mentioned how the last administration performed poorly but this was what honest Nigerians kept telling you for eight years whilst you countered them as a party loyalist. Now that you have another man (who is your man) on the block, it is convenient to throw the man you defended under the bus in order to give credence to this one. This is the definition of dishonesty.

This talk about living in opulence is becoming trite. i keep wondering what you mean. Most of these people in office are millionaires not to mention billionaires, they are not the cause of your misery. You can't compare billions of DOLLARs and TRILLIONs of naira going down the drain in the name of subsidies to people driving cars or getting salaries that they would get anyway, because i am 99% sure that is what you mean by opulence. What do you expect, you want them to wear hand me downs and use keke and show themselves drinking garri or what? Is it Obi or Atiku that are not "living in opulence" or you think once you're in government, you must begin to live in austerity? Has the government been unable to meet recurrent expenditure? We're talking of stopping trillions of naira going to few pockets and instead diverting such fund to better and lasting projects for more people.
i don't hink i mentioned the last adminstration in my post, nonetheless, i am not in a cult. If an administration does badly in an area, we point it out, and i remember pointing out the faults of the last administration as far back as its first term. Pointing out their wrongs doesn't equate to condemning or abandoning them if there's no better choice. i'll still pick a dead fPMB before a visionless and lying candidate with no performance to verify. You become the hypocrite when you refuse to see the lacklustre past of your alternatives.

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This talk about living in opulence is becoming trite. i keep wondering what you mean. Most of these people in office are millionaires not to mention billionaires, they are not the cause of your misery. You can't compare billions of DOLLARs and TRILLIONs of naira going down the drain in the name of subsidies to people driving cars or getting salaries that they would get anyway, because i am 99% sure that is what you mean by opulence. What do you expect, you want them to wear hand me downs and use keke and show themselves drinking garri or what? Is it Obi or Atiku that are not "living in opulence" or you think once you're in government, you must begin to live in austerity? Has the government been unable to meet recurrent expenditure? We're talking of stopping trillions of naira going to few pockets and instead diverting such fund to better and lasting projects for more people.
i don't hink i mentioned the last adminstration in my post, nonetheless, i am not in a cult. If an administration does badly in an area, we point it out, and i remember pointing out the faults of the last administration as far back as its first term. Pointing out their wrongs doesn't equate to condemning or abandoning them if there's no better choice. i'll still pick a dead fPMB before a visionless and lying candidate with no performance to verify. You become the hypocrite when you refuse to see the lacklustre past of your alternatives.

When I speak of opulence I’m actually saying that there are no genuine efforts to cut down on government spending. It’s tax payers money I’m talking about here. I’m not too fussed about what they do with theirs. From renovation of recently renovated facilities to cost of yachts, public vehicles and the likes, to over-bloated public service.

And I never mentioned that subsidy removal is bad. What we are saying is that there’d be consequences for it and there must be concrete plans to address these consequences. If you don’t, the people will bear the brunt in a hard way.

You say projects are being carried out everywhere but this was the same argument that was given when we pointed out the financial recklessness going on at the last administration. Where has that brought us. And before you try to revise history, it was eighth years of continuous back and forth between the praise singers and reality check givers and you know where your solidarity stood even if you would have made a few comments in passing to criticize the government. You know how you countered the ones that tried to show you the at we weren’t going anywhere with that government and yet you stood by him only to throw him under the bus now.

We know how things work in this part of the world where contracts are awarded and monies are voted and bloated so that there’d by “egunje” money. Chop I chop system. Yes there will be projects here and there but the average man on the street won’t have been better off.

jaxxy:
Let me simplify the problem for u. The economy was thriving under Obasanjo, Yaradua and Jonathan even tho Jonathan abused many economic opportunities the economy still thrived even with subsidy payments.

Jonathan tried to remove subsidy then which would not have been as bad as it is now but tinubu launch a political protest against it and it was reversed.

tinubu wins elections for buhari a very incompetent leader and throws the economy into a downward spiral, with mediocre kitchen cabinets and nepotism.

The country went from bad to worse. tinubu wins elections for himself, enters the already worse economy his ally created and goes on to make it worst by mediocre kitchen cabinets and nepotism just like buhari and then arrogant, not well thought out policies and policy flipflops.

All this bad decisions from apc buhari and tinubu led us down hill where we are. Nobody cried of hunger under buhari but under tinubu millions are crying of hunger.

And yes u 1st said it was whataapp gossips and fallacies until I broke it further down for u to now admit millions have been hungry when in actual fact this administration set the country back and threw people into unexpected and unexplainable hardship.

The economy was thriving because, evidently there was free money. What was the foundation of the thriving? Oil and good exchange rate. This was the foundation stage where we should have solved our problems of electricity, water, agriculture and other infrastructure like roads and good airports and hospitals. These were the same time the UAE was building, the time when the naira ws close to the dollar and when we enjoyed the world's goodwill after coming out of a long era of military rule. But the profligates wasted everything and literally didn't save for the rainy day.
Education didn't improve, strikes were rampant, industry wasn't built or opportunity prepared for employment of the teeming and booming population that were soon termed born throway. We improved on fantastic corruption, became innovative on terrorism, and flourished in Niger Delta militancy. It was these reasons that allowed opposition to ride on CHANGE. Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was not blocked by any single person, but by widespread resistance from organised labour, civil society, the opposition, and the general public—forcing a partial reversal to 97 then 87naira instead of the 65naira he moved it from. We were born then dear, stop this revision of history. There was national shutdown. There has always been cries of hunger literally from Adam. If you are Gen Z, i am not. In military era, things were tough and people were hungry. Same with OBJ's time. Imagine you saying nobody cried of hunger under Buhari. Well, what can i say but God is good.

Lookmun:
When I speak of opulence I’m actually saying that there are no genuine efforts to cut down on government spending. It’s tax payers money I’m talking about here. I’m not too fussed about what they do with theirs. From renovation of recently renovated facilities to cost of yachts, public vehicles and the likes, to over-bloated public service.

And I never mentioned that subsidy removal is bad. What we are saying is that there’d be consequences for it and there must be concrete plans to address these consequences. If you don’t, the people will bear the brunt in a hard way.

You say projects are being carried out everywhere but this was the same argument that was given when we pointed out the financial recklessness going on at the last administration. Where has that brought us. And before you try to revise history, it was eighth years of continuous back and forth between the praise singers and reality check givers and you know where your solidarity stood even if you would have made a few comments in passing to criticize the government. You know how you countered the ones that tried to show you the at we weren’t going anywhere with that government and yet you stood by him only to throw him under the bus now.

We know how things work in this part of the world where contracts are awarded and monies are voted and bloated so that there’d by “egunje” money. Chop I chop system. Yes there will be projects here and there but the average man on the street won’t have been better off.

All these people that shout tax payer's money to the heavens and usually dodge or don't pay tax. Lolz. Please can you be specific on renovation of recently renovated facilities to cost of yachts, public vehicles and the likes, to over-bloated public service. Kindly provide the costs, thank you. i never knew that we need to sack people in the public service.
What are your concrete plans to address these consequences of removal of subsidy? Also, show me how i countered the ones that tried to show me that we weren’t going anywhere with PMB government and yet you stood by him. BTW, i didn't throw him under the bus except you don't know what it means. i have maintained my stance that fPMB was and is a better choice than those he contested against in 2015 and 2019. i have also stated that he didn't do well in some areas and was largely disappointing
i guess your suggestion and model is that there should be no more projects in Nigeria since you know how you work and chop. Mr average man, what and who stopped you from using any of fPMB's finished projects? Who stopped you from using the completed rails, Second Niger Bridge, other bridges across the country, Abuja–Kaduna–Zaria–Kano Expressway, Lagos–Ibadan expressway, New International Airport Terminals at Abuja, Enugu and Port Harcourt, Central Ogbia Regional Water Project, Northern Ishan Water Supply, Edo State, Sabke–Dutsi–Mashi Water Supply Project, Katsina State, Diagnostic Centres at Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital and Federal Medical Centre Umuahia? Who stopped you or are these not some of the projects you refer to?

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All these people that shout tax payer's money to the heavens and usually dodge or don't pay tax. Lolz. Please can you be specific on renovation of recently renovated facilities to cost of yachts, public vehicles and the likes, to over-bloated public service. Kindly provide the costs, thank you. i never knew that we need to sack people in the public service.
What are your concrete plans to address these consequences of removal of subsidy? Also, show me how i countered the ones that tried to show me that we weren’t going anywhere with PMB government and yet you stood by him. BTW, i didn't throw him under the bus except you don't know what it means. i have maintained my stance that fPMB was and is a better choice than those he contested against in 2015 and 2019. i have also stated that he didn't do well in some areas and was largely disappointing
i guess your suggestion and model is that there should be no more projects in Nigeria since you know how you work and chop. Mr average man, what and who stopped you from using any of fPMB's finished projects? Who stopped you from using the completed rails, Second Niger Bridge, other bridges across the country, Abuja–Kaduna–Zaria–Kano Expressway, Lagos–Ibadan expressway, New International Airport Terminals at Abuja, Enugu and Port Harcourt, Central Ogbia Regional Water Project, Northern Ishan Water Supply, Edo State, Sabke–Dutsi–Mashi Water Supply Project, Katsina State, Diagnostic Centres at Aminu Kano University Teaching Hospital and Federal Medical Centre Umuahia? Who stopped you or are these not some of the projects you refer to?

It is not the responsibility of the tax payer to administer the tax regime. There is only one party responsible if there are loopholes in the tax collection process. That’s not to mention various informal tax collection schemes that are meted upon the individuals which neither goes to government coffers nor is used for development purposes but is spent daily in hotels and brothels by government backed touts.

We have N5b for the presidential yacht, N21b for Shettima’s house, N160m per unit of SUVs for the national assemble members, N90b for Hajj subsidy, N1.5b for cars for the First Lady to mention but a few.

When you have a huge populace in the poverty bracket and a strained budget, you need to do things differently. Many of these things aren’t a priority but it just shows that these people are just paying lip service to what they claim they want to achieve. The Oronsaye report which recommended merging and scrapping several government agencies to reduce redundancy and cut costs. Despite widespread support for these recommendations to streamline governance and reduce public expenditure, the government has continued to ignore it.

You need to identify the areas mostly affected by the subsidy removal and deploy resources and a very committed structure to ensuring proper implementation. One of such areas is transportation. If your strategy for removal of subsidy was just to allocate more money to the states knowing fully well that the state governors have immunity and much of the funds don’t really impact the lives of the people, then your strategy was faulty abinitio.
Subsidizing the cost of transport by starting out in major cities by deploying buses and deploying technology for a ticketing system will ensure that people can see something tangible and so they can trust you more to bear with you as you transit a phase. Serious punitive measures to be meted upon people that try to derail the system and everyone will sit up not the padi padi thing they do all the time.

But when they keep borrowing funds every time. The last I read about was the Lagos airport that till consume almost a trillion. We know how things work in this country and the fact that elections are drawing close so how do you expect the average Nigerian to buy into their hope mantra (having learnt lessons from the hogwash sold them in “change” and “next level?”)

Go and read some of your threads like the “My response to the idea that Buhari is already failing one.” I have not said there should not be projects in Nigeria. I am saying something very basic that due process should be encouraged in bidding and the best “man” given the job. Also, all this padding thing we always do is the last thing that a poverty ridden country needs. The result would be substandard work and monies siphoned and then tomorrow we would revisit the same projects again. There is no real motivation to deal the corruption question mark. There is no administration that cannot lay claim to one sort of project or the other but but even in your post yesterday you can see that Buhari brought the economy to its knees.

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The economy was thriving because, evidently there was free money. What was the foundation of the thriving? Oil and good exchange rate. This was the foundation stage where we should have solved our problems of electricity, water, agriculture and other infrastructure like roads and good airports and hospitals. These were the same time the UAE was building, the time when the naira ws close to the dollar and when we enjoyed the world's goodwill after coming out of a long era of military rule. But the profligates wasted everything and literally didn't save for the rainy day.
Education didn't improve, strikes were rampant, industry wasn't built or opportunity prepared for employment of the teeming and booming population that were soon termed born throway. We improved on fantastic corruption, became innovative on terrorism, and flourished in Niger Delta militancy. It was these reasons that allowed opposition to ride on CHANGE. Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was not blocked by any single person, but by widespread resistance from organised labour, civil society, the opposition, and the general public—forcing a partial reversal to 97 then 87naira instead of the 65naira he moved it from. We were born then dear, stop this revision of history. There was national shutdown. There has always been cries of hunger literally from Adam. If you are Gen Z, i am not. In military era, things were tough and people were hungry. Same with OBJ's time. Imagine you saying nobody cried of hunger under Buhari. Well, what can i say but God is good.

I never said Jonathan was a saint or performed well, yes projects suffered, infrastructure suffered but he didn't plung millions into hunger and untold hardship.

So u campaigned on CHANGE and the brougbt buhari and destroyed the economy with mediocrity and nepotism?

U can have infrastructure and suffer hunger and hardship. That's what apc is giving to Nigerians now.

jaxxy:
I never said Jonathan was a saint or performed well, yes projects suffered, infrastructure suffered but he didn't plung millions into hunger and untold hardship.

So u campaigned on CHANGE and the brougbt buhari and destroyed the economy with mediocrity and nepotism?

U can have infrastructure and suffer hunger and hardship. That's what apc is giving to Nigerians now.

Not sure you read the foundation of the thriving? Oil and good exchange rate. This was the foundation stage where we should have solved our problems of electricity, water, agriculture and other infrastructure like roads and good airports and hospitals. These were the same time the UAE was building, the time when the naira ws close to the dollar and when we enjoyed the world's goodwill after coming out of a long era of military rule. But the profligates wasted everything and literally didn't save for the rainy day. Those were the people that plunged us into today's state. Even NOI knew this and any intelligent person did.

https://thenationonlineng.net/okonjo-iweala-warns-successor-of-tough-year/?

It's like a man being paid 1million naira and more for many years but lavished everything away and in the process married many wives and had 10 more children. Somehow, his salary came down to 300,000 naira. Now, the kids have to start school, the house rent is due and increased, etc. This is a illustration of what happened to Nigeria. Our uneducated and poor population kept multiplying with little or no plans for them. Any savings buffers that could have helped was spent by the GEJ admin. All that was left was vibes of stay strong and Inshallah. The previous PDP administrations were the chief culprits and cause. Buhari went to start borrowing to build infrastructure, meanwhile rent, school fees debt, interest, transport and car maintenance costs kept piling astronomically as he wanted Nigeria to still maintain the fake life(fuel and FX subsidies). Probably didn't want to be the one to repeat the 1985 hardship
Buhari was not mediocre, i'll agree more with nepotistic though, not strict and supervisory enough and slow. GEJ was mediocre and clueless.

Baba said he is going to reduce the purchasing power of the people and widen the tax net.

This is the result of that phoolishness .