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For which he is the chief poor planner...

Baba ride on
Omo olode ide.
Bitter Obi will never smell aso rock gate

Always blaming. When will the blaming games end Sir? Na blames we go chop? Ehn?

"Everyone claims to be democratic but not everyone is faithful to his or her word. We have governments that are democracies on paper, but not in function. They are democracies in form but not in substance. We have governments that only know democracy primarily through breaching it"

~ words on marble by Jagaban Asiwaju BAT

But you told us that you took over from yourself .. so you see that your head is not correct sir .

June 12, 2013 by The Nation

PDP, Jonathan have failed Nigerians, says Tinubu

ACN leader lashes govt on economy, security
President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration is confused about how to tackle Nigeria’s challenges, especially poverty and insecurity, a leader of the newly-formed All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said.

He said the Federal Government promised peace and security, but under its “unwatchful eye” insecurity has grown and Boko Haram “has turned large tracts of northern Nigeria into no man’s land”.


But, a bright future, he said, is on the horizon as the APC, which he called “the government in-waiting”, would rescue Nigeria from its confused state.


“As leaders of the new party and government in-waiting, we intend to pursue dynamic, time-tested and bold policies that will liberate our people by making sure our wealth works for us,” Tinubu said.

Nigerians, said Tinubu, have become increasingly divided as a people because the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government continues to take faulty steps in addressing poverty and injustice.

“They have ignored the cause and gone after the symptoms,” the former Lagos State Governor told a packed audience inside the Grand Committee Ballroom, Westminster Hall, House of Parliament, London on Monday. He identified failed policies on power, employment, economy and security as evidence of bad leadership.


Tinubu, the keynote speaker at the British African Diaspora Conference, spoke on “Leadership, national development and the people”.

He urged the Federal Government to apply a consistent policy of targeted law enforcement operations along with an active programme of economic development, negotiations and potential amnesty for penitent Boko Haram members.

He said rather than take this step, the nation has been treated to series of government inaction and indiscriminate use of force, which culminated in the declaration of a state of emergency in three states.


“The Jonathan government set up a special Committee on Boko Haram and Security matters, but sadly before they could perform, he declared State of Emergency in three Northern states: Yobe, Borno and Adamawa.

“This is symptomatic of a confused leadership. If there is security in this jumbled policy, neither I nor the majority of Nigerians can find it!”

To the fomer Lagos governor, if Nigeria is to mature as a democracy, its electoral system must be improved. He decried the fact that those who control the system manipulate elections with such impunity that they now see misconduct without sanction as a normal way of life.


Said he: “Look at the recent controversy surrounding election of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) chairman… A group comprising all the nations’ governors could not even conduct a simple 35-person election without a disputed outcome.

“With this recent experience, I fear the length those in power would go and the means they would employ to manipulate results when the battleground is the entire nation and the stakes are the general elections in 2015.

“The NGF debacle symbolises a disdain for democracy and the popular will. If we are to save Nigeria, we must rescue the electoral process from its abusers,” Tinubu said.

In his view, a great philosophical gulf separates the government from the progressives. “This current Nigerian government is a retrogressive one. Much of what they claim as growth is but the harsh redistribution of wealth from the bottom to the top. The bottom gets squeezed while the top expands. They are serving us the salad of corruption.

“They consume our today and squander the nation’s tomorrow. For 14 years, the PDP-led government cannot turn anything around. A new leadership is required to put a stop to this.”

Tinubu criticised Nigeria’s economic policies, saying the economy is being reconstructed “as an oasis for a small few and a stark desert for the many” while the government pretends to endorse the same budget-cutting austerity policies as much of Europe.

“We are not Europe; we are a Third World economy. That these policies have failed in European nations with higher standards of living than Nigeria gives our leaders no concern.”

Tinubu said the people live in dire straits, yet the government would rather waste the money than spend it on public benefit because they do not believe the people deserve it.

He said the progressives would bring pragmatic solution to the country’s woes because in their approach to the political economy, they do not rely on textbook answers as they do not “live in textbooks.

He said: “We live in the real world and thus seek answers from real world experiences. Here is a real world fact: No large nation has ever attained sustained growth without government running budget deficits to build the required infrastructure and without other government policies promoting development of the key industries that would become the spine of national development.

“Here is another such fact: No populous nation ever attains prosperity solely by extracting its raw material to exchange them for the finished goods of other large nations. We must industrialise and diversify our economy

“It is for this reason – to save the nation from the stranglehold of permanent poverty and poor governance – that the members of the progressive opposition political parties have decided to put aside personal ambition (including my own ambition) to form a new party, the All Progressives Congress (APC). We do this because Nigeria has entered a critical state of economic depression.”

According to Tinubu, because of the unfair nature of the electoral processes and the gross imbalance of its political economy, the people have been props in a drama for which they should have been the main characters. “We must change this,” he said.

He said the progressives must move Nigeria away from a place where the whims and narrow wishes of self-centered reactionary elite dictate the fate of over 150 million people.

“On our side, we will take our chances with a free and fair election, for we shall offer the people an innovative programme consisting of a national industrial policy that includes radical infrastructural development and employment targets,” he said.

The former Lagos governor spoke of “the Glorious Nigerian Revolution”, which he said has nothing to do with force of arms.

His words: “The Revolution of which I speak has two major parts. First, is the peaceful conversion of our quasi-democracy into a full-fledged one. Second, is the implementation of policies turning the political economy away from its retrogressive, elitist bearings.

“We seek policies pointing in a progressive direction affording the average person a chance at a dignified life. This will be through the provision of gainful employment, quality education and essential social services for those who need the helping hand of government to survive.

“I see no shame in believing progressive government can improve the political economy and the lives of the people.”

Starhearts:
Baba ride on
Omo olodo ide.
Bitter Obi will never smell aso rock gate

You're right , he's truly Olodo

Is there anything or anyone Tinubu hasn’t blamed?

Trying to exclude himself from the bad leaders.

These ones nah to blame everyone except themselves.

Starhearts:
Baba ride on
Omo olode ide.
Bitter Obi will never smell aso rock gate

Seems that your only achievement in life is that Obi to not be president.

We may not like to hear this considering the person saying it, but this is a fact.

We don't have long term planning because we are not a nation.

This is why i strongly believe in the direct division of this country or a direct collapse to regional government.

Look at the case study of the insecurity we are having… the obvious answer is state policing, but the federal political class are afraid because governors will have more power, while the local government are afraid because the governors might become tyrants.

The Fulani hegemony are similarly afraid of state police because they believe the southerners will turn against their brothers and might turn against the country because of southern wealth….

They refused to arm Amotekun, and even barred SW governors from purchasing automatic riffles, and handed them double barrels to fight lunatics with AK 47s. Yet the NSA office armed the Fulani forest gauards with DSS grade automatic riffles....! Just think about that!!!....

We are in deep shit, and a lot don’t realise it yet…

Even Israel, which is fighting a direct war, does not lose people and generals compared to Nigeria, and I am not seeing any changes because we are not a nation

Oh he's just realizing that Nigerian's are not going to vote him

All na English, do your work make Nigerians feel the impact.

you blame the previous government yet you said you want to continue from where they stopped. Are you not also to be blame😔🙂‍↕️😑😔🤔🫢🤨🥱🤭🙄😤😠😡😓😞

Have they blamed the Sun yet? we would soon get there

Ask him what his foreign policy statement is.

Ask him what his long term plan for security and defence is. Remember they once told you Boko Haram has been technically defeated.

Ask him what his long term plan for education is. Remember your Education Minister went to UK to bring a foreign university to set up shop here.

Ask him what is the country's national strategic plan. All Nigerian governments had one since 70s.

What is the NATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN?

1. Olusegun Obasanjo Administration (1999–2007)

National Economic Direction (1999–2003): An initial phase focused on stabilizing the polity, privatization, and deregulation.

National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) (2004–2007): A "home-grown" reform program with four "cardinal pillars": wealth creation, employment generation, poverty reduction, and value reorientation. It encouraged state and local versions known as SEEDS and LEEDS.


2. Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Administration (2007–2010)

The 7-Point Agenda: A strategic plan focused on seven key areas to modernize the economy by 2015:
1. Power and Energy
2. Food Security
3. Wealth Creation
4. Transport Sector
5. Land Reforms
6. Security
7. Education

Nigeria Vision 20:2020: Launched in 2009, this long-term blueprint aimed to place Nigeria among the world’s top 20 largest economies by the year 2020.


3. Goodluck Jonathan Administration (2010–2015)

The Transformation Agenda: A medium-term strategy (2011–2015) based on the pillars of Vision 20:2020. It prioritized job creation, education, health, and a functional power sector.

Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA): Launched in 2013 to treat agriculture as a business, focusing on value chains and private sector investment.

4. Muhammadu Buhari Administration (2015–2023)

Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) (2017–2020): An emergency plan designed to pull Nigeria out of the 2016 recession. It focused on macroeconomic stability, energy sufficiency, and agricultural transformation.


Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) (2020–2023): A short-term ₦2.3 trillion stimulus package launched to cushion the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

National Development Plan (NDP) (2021–2025): A ₦348.1 trillion successor to the ERGP, aiming to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.

5. Bola Tinubu Administration (2023–Present)

The Renewed Hope Agenda: The current administration's primary framework, focusing on fuel subsidy removal, foreign exchange unification, and security as catalysts for economic growth.

Renewed Hope Development Plan (2026–2030): Unveiled in February 2026, this plan marks the next phase of national development, emphasizing inclusive growth, sub-national competitiveness, and climate resilience.

Did you notice something about the national plan under Tinubu? He personalized our national plan as a party slogan. It's all about him. Selfish and self centered.


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

The man loves to personalize things. I remember how some state facilites in Lagos were named after him. When our national plan sounds like a party slogan, how do you expect the country to adopt it🤡

They don't understand that there is a line to be drawn between politics and governance. You don't turn a national agenda to hero worship just as you turn our national anthem to on your mandate.

All na English, do your work make Nigerians feel the impact. No b usual talk talk, with no results.

Incompetent president giving excuses..it's a pity

But he said he took over from himself na
Buhari is him and he is buhari


This tinubu has been known to dish out lies and empty promises
He is the real gbajue
Along with his empty 🧠 followers

You did not tell Nigerians this during your 2023 election campaign

Tinubu class exams failure (that if he went to sch), will blame his lecturers because they didn't enter the class.

Tinubu is a classic failure.

Story..you go explain tire

This is funny. Very funny

if you blame them so na who the citizens go blame 🙄

He blames everybody and everything around him except himself, failure personified.

Can you remind us of what dis same Tinubu did when GEJ planned to remove fuel subsidy?

aybabz101:
We may not like to hear this

Oga if you cannot handle the country leave .
Stop telling us things we already know.
You pay the arms of government money and they force you on us. Youre busy giving us excuses about already known problems that our abundant resources if well managed can solve over night

Can you swear since you entered office you haven't stolen funds?

At this stage you are complaining about opposition after saying it’s your turn




The country is doomed fr

Tinubu blames previous administration for Nigerian woes

Same failure released 700 boko haram back to the society..

what a hopeless man