₦airaland Forum

Alfred Marshall, 1842-1924.

This article could have been titled: Why Buhari Failed Woefully Or Why Tinubu Inherited An Economy On The Brink Of Collapse and any of those titles would have been apt.

One of our former Sunday Editors forwarded a statement credited to an Emir who was once very close to Buhari when they were both in service, On account of my respect for traditional rulers, the name of the Emir would not be disclosed.

His message, however, presents the point of departure for today’s article.

According to the Royal Father, Northern elites kept quiet while Buhari wasted eight years and the opportunities each presented to develop Nigeria.

Instead, Buhari ruined Nigeria and bequeathed a nation on the brink of total disintegration to his successor – President Bola Tinubu.
My reply to my former Editor was swift. The Emir was one of the Northern elites who kept quiet. At any rate, only cowards criticize or insult a dead president.

People like me don’t wait until the either leave office or die before calling them out for obvious crimes against the Nigerian people. Buhari was not spared on this page from start to finish.


Why Buhari Failed

“Leadership is always somewhat mysterious. Leadership can be summed up in two words: intelligence and integrity; or to use two synonyms; competence and character.”

John Brademas, US Congressman, c 1984. Buhari was elected in 2015 mostly on his well-advertised integrity or character. Millions of Nigerians, including me, voted for him based on the strong belief that he would bring corruption in government to an end – or at least vastly reduce the canker-worm impeding national economic progress. President Obasanjo left after eight years; and left us with estimated N8 trillion unaccounted for. As the nation headed for the polls in 2015, how much has vanished without trace under Yar’Adua/Jonathan was unknown.

But, on the only occasion Mrs Diezani ,

former Minister for Petroleum Resources testified before a House Committee, she disclosed that 400,000 barrels of crude were stolen per day during her stewardship. That should tell us something about who was stealing the oil.

We assumed all these and other nefarious activities would be halted with Buhari in charge. We were wrong; dead wrong. Crude oil theft continued under Buhari – this time with the military strongly implicated.

Character flaws, which were carefully kept under wraps, surfaced.

The cabal moved in, like the Mafia gang. Family friends and close associates were appointed well above their levels of competence. Corruption changed faces; and now the courts are trying to unravel how one top official became linked with 57 prime properties and another 753 duplexes during the tenure of “Mr Clean”.

The book recently launched by his wife revealed all we need to know.

Buhari, aware of his own lack of competence in managing complex systems – which governments have become – simply abdicated his responsibilities and allowed his appointees to operate as they chose.

There was no central control because government was too complicated for a School Certificate holder to manage. A more honest and patriotic leader would have exercised the “Mandela option”.

Legendary Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013, could have ruled South Africa as long as he wanted. Instead, he served one term and voluntarily stepped down.

Keep writing this long epistle to gaslight yourself, is there single thing Tinubu has positively changed since he's in Asorock

chucks185:
Keep writing this long epistle to gaslight yourself, is there single thing Tinubu has positively changed since he's in Asorock

If you are asking this question, then probably you are residing in Jupiter

Please can you be fair enough to explain which sector of the economy that was at the brink of collapse as at 28th May 2023 and has been resuscitated, this will go a long way to cure doubts and make explanation easier.

Please check my tone , I sounded very civil and not insulting.

kettykin:
Please can you be fair enough to explain which sector of the economy that was at the brink of collapse as at 28th May 2023 and has been resuscitated, this will go a long way to cure doubts and make explanation easier.

Please check my tone , I sounded very civil and not insulting.

Finance - Naira stability, Fx surging

Aviation - Keyamo not much story

Immigration - Tunji Ojo, explanation not needed

Health- There are now free government health services or perhaps subsidized like dialysis patients

Agriculture- Price of foods are coming down, glaringly

Education - Vocational education is now free in Nigeria, Nelfund student loan

If you want to debate about this maturely, feel free

helinues:
Finance - Naira stability, Fx surging

Aviation - Keyamo not much story

Immigration - Tunji Ojo, explanation not needed

Health- There are now free government health services or perhaps subsidized like dialysis patients

Agriculture- Price of foods are coming down, glaringly

Education - Vocational education is now free in Nigeria, Nelfund student loan

If you want to debate about this maturely, feel free

i was thinking you were going to spill out economic indices and do a comparative analysis of what Nigeria's economic situation was on the 28th May 2023 versus today but as it is you just made the situation not too good for the goverment .

Finance

GDP as at 2023 was $477B but today is less than $285B

Exchange Rate (NGN/USD, Official) as at 2023 460 but today is about 1350

External Debt (USD bn) $103B but today is about $110B

Aviation

Lagos to Abuja 2023 N50,000 2026 N150,000


Immigration

100 Page Passport was N35,000 2026 N100,000

Health
1 Doctor to 3500 1 Doctor to 10000
nobody died because of Venom 2026 Johesu on strike, lack of antivenom in Govt Hospitals


Education
2023 No Glitches in National Examinations 2025 Glitches , Mix ups in JAMB , NECO


I am ready to hold a fact and evidense based argument with you or any body

If tinubu is the best thing after sliced bread. Body go tell everybody. But now??

kettykin:
i was thinking you were going to spill out economic indices and do a comparative analysis of what Nigeria's economic situation was on the 28th May 2023 versus today but as it is you just made the situation not too good for the goverment .

Finance

GDP as at 2023 was $477B but today is less than $285B

Exchange Rate (NGN/USD, Official) as at 2023 460 but today is about 1350

External Debt (USD bn) $103B but today is about $110B

Aviation

Lagos to Abuja 2023 N50,000 2026 N150,000


Immigration

100 Page Passport was N35,000 2026 N100,000

Health
1 Doctor to 3500 1 Doctor to 10000
nobody died because of Venom 2026 Johesu on strike, lack of antivenom in Govt Hospitals


Education
2023 No Glitches in National Examinations 2025 Glitches , Mix ups in JAMB , NECO


I am ready to hold a fact and evidense based argument with you or any body

You asked about sectors dwindling before 2023 and you are still questioning why the GDP reduced?

Imagine asking about the price of flights, passport page. Hahaha

Is this how you opposition want to win election in 2027 with all these irrelevant questions/arguments?

chucks185:
Keep writing this long epistle to gaslight yourself, is there single thing Tinubu has positively changed since he's in Asorock

Asking a blind man to describe and appreciate the beauty of a glowing rainbow is a waste of time.

The Northern elders kept quiet when you owomidas praised buhari as a democrat. You must think we have short memories.