₦airaland Forum

NIGERIAN PRESIDENTS & VALUE OF NAIRA TO $1

SHAGARI: ₦0.75k
BUHARI: ₦0.75k — ₦0.90k
BABANGIDA: ₦0.90k — ₦21.89
SHONEKAN: ₦21.89
ABACHA: ₦21.89
ABDUSALAMI: ₦21.89 — ₦94.88
OBASANJO: ₦94.88 — ₦127.55
YAR'ADUA: ₦127.56 — ₦150.31
JONATHAN: ₦150.31 — ₦197
BUHARI: ₦197 — ₦461.6
TINUBU: ₦461.6 — ₦1457.96*

*24 Oct 2024

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The percentage increases under each president: Shagari: 0%,
Buhari (1983-85): 20%,
Babangida: 2332%
Shonekan: 0%
Abacha: 0%
Abdulsalami: 333%
Obasanjo: 34%
Yar'Adua: 18%
Jonathan: 31%
Buhari (2015-23): 134%,
Tinubu: 216%.

Please how did Abacha keep the Naira to dollar stable with his 5 years in power??

That was a great feat. Please pray tell what was Abacha crime again?

When they devalued the Naira like this they are stealing you sweat and blood and those of your descendants of you are not careful..any Nigerian that witnessed Tinubu has been set back by 1000 blood points whether they like it or not ...

These politicians criticize Abacha but the records show he was better for Nigerians

Jokerman:
Please how did Abacha keep the Naira to dollar stable with his 5 years in power??

That was a great feat. Please pray tell what was Abacha crime again?

Abacha was lucky to have the brilliant Sam Aluko to head his economic team , Best economist Nigeria has had

Ladies and gentlemen, from the above datae, we can confidently say that Buhari killed Nigeria, but Tinubu nailed the coffin and buried the country.

APC is a deaadly and clamitious weapon fashioned against Nigeria.

FarahAideed:
Abacha was lucky to have the brilliant Sam Aluko to head his economic team , Best economist Nigeria has had

He was not lucky, he deliberately appointment him so it has nothing to do with luck.

The SW media painted Abacha as everything evil...yet the man managed to keep things stable compared to OBJ and the fraud we have there now.

Omg....I wish the north will allow the south to rule this country for like 50 years... The north really ruined this country!!!!

TUANKU:
The SW media painted Abacha as everything evil...yet the man managed to keep things stable compared to OBJ and the fraud we have there now.

Turns out Tinubu is even worse than Abacha

See the last two otondos. They insulted their predecessors as being clueless, inept and incompetent. Now history has proven beyond doubt that they are the plagues Nigeria never deserved.

TUANKU:
The SW media painted Abacha as everything evil...yet the man managed to keep things stable compared to OBJ and the fraud we have there now.

Ken Saro Wiwa is not from South West, neither is Niger Delta. While Abacha had his laudable achievements his other side is indeed EVIL.

Softmirror:
Ken Saro Wiwa is not from South West, neither is Niger Delta. While Abacha had his laudable achievements his other side is indeed EVIL.

Under OBJ the minister of Justice and Attorney general was murdered in his own house with his security entourage complete yet till date nothing has come out of it, same for the then PDP vice chairman for the south. Same OBJ ordered the massacre of civilians by soldiers in Odi and Zaki biam...tell me how evil Abacha is again while OBJ is a saint.

Jokerman:
Turns out Tinubu is even worse than Abacha

True...he is x100 times...but ethnic bigots will want you to believe otherwise.

TUANKU:
Under OBJ the minister of Justice and Attorney general was murdered in his own house with his security entourage complete yet till date nothing has come out of it, same for the then PDP vice chairman for the south. Same OBJ ordered the massacre of civilians by soldiers in Odi and Zaki biam...tell me how evil Abacha is again while OBJ is a saint.

ABACHA had a killer squad for assassination. Sergeant Rogers and his team. Al Mustapha too was imprisoned which became a dilemma.

TUANKU:
The SW media painted Abacha as everything evil...yet the man managed to keep things stable compared to OBJ and the fraud we have there now.

"I am not trying to compare two evils, but one has to state the obvious. It is really stunning, how the same set of people that went dancing & clubbing when Abacha died, are now chastising those who have not joined them in their hypocritical attempt to whitewash Buhari's tenure.

They are trying to stifle any attempt to point out the ills of the administration of late Buhari. Just because Buhari in his divisive style, favoured them in one way or others while he was in power. They now want the whole country to eulogise him as the best thing since fra de nunu.

This sort of double standards in terms of how different nationalities assess national issues in this country, is starting to terrify. It is also the main reason why it's becoming increasingly difficult to form a common nationalistic platform that can unite all Nigerians. Abacha was no saint, but you can ever compare his administration to that of Buhari in terms of productivity and humane policies.

Where Buhari was indecisive, Abacha was ruthlessly effective. Where Buhari was tone deaf & aloof, Abacha was pragmatic & people oriented. Abacha even created the Petroleum Trust Fund, through which Buhari came into limelight amongst younger Nigerians.

Abacha was able to create the PTF because he listened to his well groomed advisers on the need to improve services and living standards across board.. On the contrary, it took Buhari over 6 months just to form his government!

Life in Nigeria was far better under Abacha. The country was more secured. There was no Boko Haram, no fulani herdsmen, no IPOB activities and ofcourse no Igboho and is funny separatists activities. The exchange rate for the naira was firm, no inflation, food prices were very low and stable, no "japa" epidemic, universities tuitions were at all time low, PTF was building hospitals, roads, providing teaching materials. Sports achievements were costant.., Nigeria won her first Olympic football gold medal, the African nations Cup and her best football World Cup outing.., all under Abacha..

None of these happened under a bemused Buhari, But the NADECO platoon somehow managed to use the press domiciled in Lagos to paint Abacha as the bad guy. That was how a man like Buhari, who had no serious administrative achievements, could today be seen as being a better president than an Abacha. They painted Abacha bad because of the fall-outs from the June 12 crises. Just because of that, his whole achievements while in office were ridiculed and dismissed. He is today defined as the ultimate tyrant and dictator..

But as we speak, Buharis prisoners and captives are still in jail. Even after his demise. The trail of his violence from Aba to the Lekki tollgate is as long as the cases of corruption under his government. The victims of his maladministration are everywhere. The hardships that heralded his emergence as the countrys president in 2015, are getting worse even after he left office. The country is far more fragmented today compared to the 90s. Living standards have plummeted, the national currency has tanked, security is now a scarce commodity while corruption is rife!

So I ask again; why do they want us to denigrate Abacha while they deify Buhari who was far worse than Abacha? So "bad" is no more "bad"

There must be a caveat? irrespective of how bad an administration is to all Nigerians, some sections of the country will still long for and support such administration, simply because of sectional interests? What right has anyone in the present administration got to denigrate Abacha, if all they do is to eulogise the administration of Buhari who was obviously worse than Abacha in the management of Nigeria's economy?

Softmirror:
ABACHA had a killer squad for assassination. Sergeant Rogers and his team. Al Mustapha too was imprisoned which became a dilemma.

But under Abacha the minister of Justice wasn't murdered, Abacha did not order the army to raze down communities and kill innocent civilians which includes women and children.
Keep living in denial as you lot have always done.

A strategist in failure!

A cut and nail Accountant!

Can we take a moment to appreciate Abacha who spent almost 5 years in office without devaluation. Yet he is labelled a looter.

Abacha was no looter it is all propaganda to discredit him for chasing IMF and World Bank away.

Exactly! Nothing was preventing Abdulsalami and Obasanjo to retain Saluko

TUANKU:
He was not lucky, he deliberately appointment him so it has nothing to do with luck.