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Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by UkoAnnang(m): 2:21pm On Aug 28
grin

Thank you Alhaji Atiku Abubakar

But, it's Obi we want

Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by DatNiggaDaz: 2:22pm On Aug 28
Pootle:
i made anambra new york in 8yrs

werey go still add go and verify
grin grin

Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by michoim(m): 2:24pm On Aug 28
The economic wizardry, Atiku himself, has spoken
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by surijohn: 2:24pm On Aug 28
they play this man is so desperate to rule Nigeria he did not mean well for the country to develop oo or can i say he did not have sense again?
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by PHIPEX(m): 2:24pm On Aug 28
FSBoperator:
He will open the borders for smugglers to restart their smuggling operation of refined petroleum products that he says he will subsidize
Why not close the airports since drug lords are using them today?
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by DatNiggaDaz: 2:26pm On Aug 28
grin grin

These data boiz are deluded thinking they make the majority of the population.

What has their messiah the Chicago faaake certttifficcate hollldderr acheived since snatching and grabbing?

To inagine that these set of creatures have the audacity to even come on social media to be challenging the failures of what every Nigerian is presently passing g through is diabolic

What has this kriminal done for the teeming majority of Nigerians that directl,y affects the lives of common Nigerians in a positive way

Is the Unemployment figures

Is the the inflation figures

How.much Was fuel going before thks man snatched and grabbed


How much was the naira to the Dollar. Hiw much Was basic hiusehold going before this kriminal grabbed.

What about security ?

When you ask this simple questions, data boiz will say the Coastal Highway to fraud, the billions of Dollars in Reserve, the increase in Government allocations and hold your Governors accountable grin

With all these lies, what is the cost of an egg during their darling daddy and the price now.

I don't blame Nigerians. We are a very peaceful set of people grin
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by PDPdestroyer(m): 2:28pm On Aug 28
Tinubu don put opposition for tight corner, nothing to campaign with that Tinubu hasn’t done. Imagine promising to open borders that are already open grin
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by DMCA: 2:31pm On Aug 28
HacheNoire:
The one we have with Canada.
No, na d one wey we get with dubai grin
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by emkz:
Alabig1000:
I believed you and the op planned it before he posted: so that immediately he posted you were the first to counter everything atiku said and analyse it : where was the time to reason and type all this and still be the First to comment ::

Corrupt people everywhere
I do not know the op and never discussed anything with him. Whenever I am op, I also share my opinion after posting. When I saw the news, I wanted to post it on Nairaland but first checked whether a similar thread existed. I commented on this thread when I saw it.

Concerning the time to reason, analyse and counter everything Atiku said, you must be aware that Atiku's statement was already in the public domain before it made it to Nairaland. You must also be aware that not everyone here is hungry or needs recognition. Some of us argue with professors and challenge their thinking: sometimes debunking them without injuring their pride. Countering Atiku is something I can do without blinking because most of his arguments are either too porous or too naive.
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by emkz: 2:36pm On Aug 28
Who closed southern borders?
Razorman:
Didn't you read where he said he will open SOUTHERN borders?
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by Daguccizgreat(m): 2:37pm On Aug 28
PresidentAtiku:
the south has produced the worst president of our history, worse than interim government presidents!

Perish that useless idea

And anyone of you coming to say it is the turn of the south should hide their heads in shame! WHICH SIDE OF THE SOUTH?

After Obasanjo and Osinbajo
Shut it. You guys from the north think you're smart but you're not. Buhari and Tinubu are the same in governance so bury that thought of yours. It's the turn of the south, get that into your head;
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by PresidentAtiku(m): 2:40pm On Aug 28
Daguccizgreat:
Shut it. You guys from the north think you're smart but you're not. Buhari and Tinubu are the same in governance so bury that thought of yours. It's the turn of the south, get that into your head;
If the ibos allow you deceive them again with this your scam rhetoric then they will perpetually be slaves!

Yoruba rules 8 years, did vice 8years, ruled another DESTRUCTIVE 4 years and saying it is the tirn of the south!


Is the south for Yoruba’s alone?
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by Daguccizgreat(m): 2:43pm On Aug 28
PresidentAtiku:
If the ibos allow you deceive them again with this your scam rhetoric then they will perpetually be slaves!

Yoruba rules 8 years, did vice 8years, ruled another DESTRUCTIVE 4 years and saying it is the tirn of the south!


Is the south for Yoruba’s alone?
I'm a full blooded Igbo man. Peter Obi will be our next president then 2031 the north can have their turn
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by goslowgoslow(m): 2:44pm On Aug 28
OLABAMIJI99:
Atiku said Ports but some mischievous Tinubu supporters above me are now twisting what he said.

Some of you will cry after election. Continue with your dubious way of campaigning..
Are your ports not part of your borders? A port is a part of point of entry to any country. The school wey some of una go na waste. All you think about is politics.
Moreover he was even talking about our border with other countries and also shipping (sea ports)
It seems comprehension is no longer taught in Nigerian schools.
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by femi4: 2:51pm On Aug 28
Omooba77:
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he will reopen Nigeria’s land borders if elected president.



https://punchng.com/ill-reopen-borders-develop-southern-ports-if-elected-atiku/
Way to go...why were they closed on the first place
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by anonimi: 2:52pm On Aug 28
HacheNoire:
The one we have with Canada.
It must be the one with Guinea, so that the master strategist can return to his own people.
He has done enough damage here, don't you think huh



Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by Justnation: 2:54pm On Aug 28
One shocking reality is that only the South West yoruba people that are defending tinubu.

* People from North, south west, south south and south east are defending PETER OBI.

* People from the north, and some from south are defending Atiku.

Only tinubu that is relying on his tribesmen alone.

Tinubu will certainly loose woefully in 2027.

PETER OBI will win massively in 2027
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by anonimi: 2:54pm On Aug 28
emkz:
Who closed southern borders?
The 2011 expired soldier Buhari begged four years later to make Jonathan a one term president after APC imported terrorists to destroy our country.
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by MightySparrow: 2:55pm On Aug 28
Fúlàní recolonization agenda under Islamic taquiyya.
.


Only a fool will allow fulani to foolanize him to vote for slavery.
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by anonimi: 2:57pm On Aug 28
emkz:
I do not know the op and never discussed anything with him. Whenever I am op, I also share my opinion after posting. When I saw the news, I wanted to post it on Nairaland but first checked whether a similar thread existed. I commented on this thread when I saw it.

Concerning the time to reason, analyse qnd counter everything Atiku said, you must be aware that Atiku's statement was already in the public domain before it made it to Nairaland. You must also be aware that not everyone here is hungry or needs recognition. Some of us argue with professors and challenge their thinking: sometimes debunking them without injuring their pride. Countering Atiku is something I can do without blinking because most of his arguments are either too porous or too naive.
Don't mind Atiku jare with his porous and naive arguments, unlike the ones by the master strategist in Aso Rock. The clueless clown who removed subsidy to stop borrowing but is now borrowing more than those who gave us cheap petrol, prosperity, peace and security plus better roads and infrastructure.


token10x:
BREAKING: A catfish farming business worth millions of naira has reportedly been wiped out after a truckload of the fish died along the deplorable Benin-Agbor Expressway due to the bad road — sparking outrage among residents and commuters.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_mAUX4wWC0?si=TH4LTxdg1B-mcxU9
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by Azazyel: 2:58pm On Aug 28
Desperate Dubai man don bring another lamba
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by anonimi: 2:59pm On Aug 28
MightySparrow:
Fúlàní recolonization agenda under Islamic taquiyya.

Only a fool will allow fulani to foolanize him to vote for slavery.
Is that what Tinubu is with his Mu-Mu ticket huh

The serial betrayer of Yorubas is fine with his fellow northerners as their Jagaban of Borgu.

anonimi:
How we foiled Jonathan’s effort to make Mulika Adeola Speaker, Akande reveals

AS president in 2011, Goodluck Jonathan did all he could to ensure South West grabbed the country’s number four seat, including lobbying then opposition leaders from the zone, to no avail. The North West eventually grabbed the seat, supported by South West leaders in opposition to then ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Former Governor of Osun State and now statesman, Chief Bisi Akande, made this revelation in his autobiography, “My Participations” which is currently dominating political and national dis- course.

Aminu Tambuwal, now Sokoto State governor, won the seat, against the preferred pick of his party, Mrs Mulikat Adeola Akande, from the South-West. Defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, then a fledging opposition, which had Akande and his soulmate, former Lagos State governor, Senator Bola Tinubu, as front- line leaders, openly asked its elected members of the House of Representatives, mostly from the South-West, to work against their region and back Tambuwal from North-West.

The opposition party’s support carried Tambuwal through the contest against Akande, then ruling party’s favourite for the speakership seat.

In his book, Chief Akande revealed that former president then as incumbent, personally reached out to Tinubu, who is now believed to be nursing presidential aspiration in 2023 and himself, but couldn’t convince them.

He wrote, “President Jonathan, immediately after the meeting (with political parties), called Bola Tinubu aside into a lobby to broach the matter of ACN support for a choice of who would become the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

“That same day, President Jonathan talked to me on phone about the same matter. He disclosed that PDP had zoned the position to the South-West but that only one Muraina and another Mulika won elections on PDP ticket from the zone into the House of Representatives.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/how-we-foiled-jonathans-effort-to-make-mulika-adeola-speaker-akande-reveals/
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by Azazyel: 3:01pm On Aug 28
Justnation:
One shocking reality is that only the South West yoruba people that are defending tinubu.

* People from North, south west, south south and south east are defending PETER OBI.

* People from the north, and some from south are defending Atiku.

Only tinubu that is relying on his tribesmen alone.

Tinubu will certainly loose woefully in 2027.

PETER OBI will win massively in 2027
Omo you're funny sha. This your shabby analysis is far from the reality on ground
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by anonimi: 3:02pm On Aug 28
Azazyel:
Desperate Dubai man don bring another lamba
The master strategist of lamba-land says you don't know what you are talking about. grin



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WzbBqAWPfI

Aug 29, 2023

Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun made this known at the end of the inaugural Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.
Mr. Edun said that the benefit of the subsidy removal will be plough back into various sectors to improve business environment for local and foreign investment.
He added that with the increased revenue from subsidy removal, various palliatives have been made available to cushion its effect on a short, medium and long-term basis.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bn29b0SkCWU?si=s_-vTlCqSlykI0BX



Ofunaofu:
Report: Current Govt Added More Debt in Two Years Than Nigeria Accumulated in 55 Years

• Decries Nigeria’s debt service-to-revenue ratio

•Urges FG to declare fiscal emergency

A new policy brief has warned that Nigeria’s worsening debt profile and weak revenue generation have pushed the country into a dangerous fiscal position, with the current administration accumulating more debt in two years than Nigeria recorded during its first 55 years after independence.

The report, released by the Alliance for Economic Research and Ethics LTD/GTE, a Nigerian policy think tank, argued that the country’s debt crisis has evolved into a governance and revenue emergency, as debt servicing obligations now exceed the federal government’s retained earnings.
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According to the think tank, Nigeria’s public debt rose sharply from N87.38 trillion in June 2023 to N159.28 trillion by the end of 2025, with President Bola Tinubu’s administration accounting for about N65.9 trillion of the increase within its first two years in office.

The organisation in the brief titled: “Nigeria Is Borrowing to Breathe—and the Clock Is Ticking”, noted that Nigeria accumulated only about N12.06 trillion in debt from independence in 1960 up to 2015, meaning the current administration added more than five times that amount in just 24 months.

The report stated that while previous governments also contributed significantly to the country’s rising debt burden, the speed of accumulation under the current administration had intensified concerns over fiscal sustainability.

“President Bola Tinubu’s administration has added a further N65.9 trillion in just two years. To put that in perspective: it took Nigeria’s first 55 years of independence to accumulate N12 trillion in debt. The current administration has added more than five times that amount in 24 months,” it argued.

It recalled that Nigeria briefly became almost debt-free externally after the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo secured an $18 billion Paris Club debt relief package in 2005 and paid $12 billion to extinguish about $30 billion in external obligations.


https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/05/22/report-current-govt-added-more-debt-in-two-years-than-nigeria-accumulated-in-55-years/
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by zinaunreal(m): 3:03pm On Aug 28
Peter obi will do thesame oga
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by zinowealth: 3:03pm On Aug 28
emkz:
The borders with Niger, Chad and Cameroon are open.

Which border is Atiku talking about?

https://www.trtafrika.com/english/article/17341327

Time and time again, Atiku has demonstrated posturing that signals detachment from national happenings.

1. Atiku once said he would make his friends rich because his friends are entitled to be rich.

2. Atiku admitted to collecting money from Obasanjo and paying power sector contractors 100% and Atiku did not do anything after they ran away.

3. Tinubu is paying pension obligations to NITEL workers after the bungled privatization by the chairman of privatization council: Atiku!

4. Obasanjo and Atiku paid $12.4 billion to get debt relief. Nigeria had no pressing need for that money in Atiku's thinking.

5. From 1999 to 2007, Obasanjo and Atiku wasted $60 billion to keep the exchange rate low. Jonathan and Buhari spent a combined $270 billion defending the naira. Atiku and Obasanjo failed to address fundamental structural problems which could have stabilized the exchange rate. They postponed economic doom which Tinubu had the courage to address. Tinubu has spent $0 defending the naira!

6. Buhari closed the border to tackle smuggling, boost local production, tackle flow of illegal weapons from the Sahel, and keep our people safe. When these issues started making gains, Tinubu re-opened the borders, but with increased patrol for border security. Atiku now wants to open borders that are open.

7. Atiku will soon promise to release someone serving jail term in Sokoto.
Tinubu o Atiku o Buhari o all of them na one person
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by Tareq1105: 3:04pm On Aug 28
I know Atiku will fight dirty in this election bcoz it's his last. He's willing to drag Tinubu to any length.

He's ready to spill the beans and drag anybody just like a bull in a Chinese shop.
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by Tareq1105: 3:12pm On Aug 28
9jatriot:
Atiku seems to have gone rogue since the conman in the US collected his $1.2M, he is now promising all and sundry. At the rate he is going, he go soon promise all enterprising young men free olosho...
He's ready to destroy and pull down the roof on Tinubu. You know, this is his last election and he's not come to terms with the fact that Tinubu could become the president at first attempt which he Atiku had tried 7 times.
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by Agugbadin: 3:23pm On Aug 28
Desperado campaign has started
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by creativejagaban: 3:27pm On Aug 28
Omooba77:
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he will reopen Nigeria’s land borders if elected president.



https://punchng.com/ill-reopen-borders-develop-southern-ports-if-elected-atiku/
Which border does Atiku want to open again?

Does Atiku have a border with Iran or Israel that he wants to open?

Ayam not understanding Atiku again ooo. Maybe we should ask Amaechi grin grin grin grin

Tinubu till 2031.
Re: I’ll Reopen Borders, Develop Southern Ports If Elected — Atiku by TokoEkambi: 3:34pm On Aug 28
This guy is foooooooling himself.
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