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GEJ shots himself by picking a quarrel with OBJ,but how many Nigeria voter are having access to the Net?

Alphaoscar:
GEJ lied!







Nigerian Armed Forces: The post-1975 trend of Military Hardware Acquisitions
Following the initial high attained during the Nigerian Civil War, the Nigerian Armed Forces switched gear in its quest to acquire military hardware in the year 1975 which ended on a high note with the delivery in December 1975 of a squadron of MiG-21MF jet fighters for which orders had been placed by the ousted Federal Military Government of General Yakubu Gowon around 1973.

Ever since, the Nigerian Armed Forces have scarcely looked back as they press on in the quest to acquire modern military hardware for the nation. Between 1976 and 1979, the military government of General Olusegun Obasanjo acquired the first-ever armoured tanks fielded by the Nigerian Army. This coincided with the movement of the 3 Armoured Division and its relocation from Port Harcourt to Jos in 1976. The 1 Infantry Division had earlier in 1972 also relocated from Enugu to Kaduna. The military regime of Obasanjo also acquired Soviet 122mm artillery guns and penned deals for a MEKO 360 frigate which was delivered in the 1980s under the Shagari regime’s watch, Hippo-class Landing Ships (Tank) and British Vosper Thornycroft corvettes.

As far as military hardware acquisition goes, the Shagari regime which held office between October 1979 and December 1983 holds the record. The Shagari regime splashed out 6 billion pounds sterling on military hardware between 1980 and 1982. This was expended on the acquisition of everything from French Combattante III and German Lurssen missile-armed Fast Attack Craft, Italian-made G222 military airlift planes and a squadron of Aermacchi MB-339 advanced trainer/light attack jets, Oto-Melara 105mm artillery guns and Palmaria 155mm self-propelled artillery systems.

From France, the Shagari regime penned deals and/or took delivery of Roland Surface to Air missile systems and Aerospatiale (now Eurocopter) Puma helicopters. Also delivered were American-made C130-H30 Hercules (the stretch variant, that is) and anti-aircraft artillery guns. Contracts were signed and deliveries made of Swedish-made Bofors FH-77A 155mm artillery guns, Austrian-made Steyr 4K-7FA armoured personnel carriers, Swiss-made MOWAG Piranha armoured personnel carriers, British-made Vickers Mk.3 Eagle main battle tanks and Alvis Scorpion light tanks, squadrons of Franco-German Alpha jets and Franco-British Jaguar jets, German-made Fox armoured cars, Dornier Do-228 utility aircraft and Soviet-built MiG-21 jets, 122mm artillery guns and BM-21 122mm rocket artillery.

Deliveries on some the procurement deals penned by the inimitable President Shehu Shagari, a quiet and modest man, continued well into regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. Some of his successors penned new deals for repeat business on deliveries of Scorpion and Eagle tanks and self-propelled artillery, continuing into this decade.

The shortlived regime of General Buhari signed deals for additional deliveries of Scorpion light tanks and Vickers Eagle battle tanks and penned a deal for the delivery of Brazilian-made Engesa Cascavel heavy armoured fighting vehicles in an oil-for-armsbarter trade deal. The Buhari regime was soon swept aside by General Babangida.

The Federal Military Government of Nigeria under General Babangida signed deals for further deliveries of Palmaria self-propelled artillery, Alpha jets and Dornier Do-228 utility planes. It additionally signed fresh deals for the delivery of two squadrons(24 units) of L39 Albatross advanced trainer-light attack jets from Czechoslovakia, Romanian-made APR-21 122mm rocket artillery, Italian-built mine countermeasure vessels, British and French coastal patrol craft, Panhard Sagaie armoured fighting vehicles and VBL scout cars.

The Abacha regime came and went while the Abdulsalaam Abubakar regime had little time to leave its footprints.

In 1999, General Obasanjo again took the elm as democratically elected President and returned to meet an arsenal which had been blighted by sanctions and embargoes. He did very well in the event, acquiring fifteen Chengdu F7 jet fighter-bombers from China, Agusta AW 139 and A109 Power utility helicopters, Russian-built Mi-34, Mi-17, Mi-24V and Mi-35P choppers and gunships, T72 tanks, MT-LB armoured combat support vehicles, Ukrainian-made BTR-3 armoured personnel carriers, BTR-60 and BTR-70 armoured personnel carriers, Mowag Grizzly armoured personnel carriers, Turkish-built Otokar Cobra infantry fighting vehicles, French-made AMX battle tanks,Sea Eagle Offshore Patrol Craft, many dozens of gunboats and utility landing craft, logistics ships, Unmanned Surface Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and a comprehensive coastal radar systems.

The Obasanjo government also signed deals for additional deliveries of Panhard VBL scout cars, Oto-Melara 105mm artillery, Palmaria 155mm self-propelled artillery systems, T55 and Vickers Eagle battle tanks and Alvis Scorpion light tanks.

The Obasanjo regime was succeeded by the government of President Umaru Yar’Adua in 2007 and since then, it has paced orders for or taken delivery of a squadron of twelve Agusta A109LUH choppers, another squadron of twelve Eurocopter AS-550 Fennec attack helicopters, ATR-42MP Surveyor radar planes, five Eurocopter dual-purpose Puma radar helicopters, Shaldag Mk.II Fast Patrol Interceptor Craft, gunboats and combat catamarans and British-built Offshore Patrol Vessels.

U said GEJ lied? Well, in ur post, u did nt mention wot n wot GMB bought during his time as d head of state. All past leaders either bought or signed for equipment plus some received delivery from der previous regime. Just name only GMB single riffle bought, wen n from wer. Tnk u

DesChyko:
1. Who are the Maitatsine?

2. How did they originate?

3. What is their modus operandi?

4. A breakdown of how Buhari stopped it if you may.

The latter is the most important. So far, nobody has convincingly supplied that answer.

so far i dont think anyone haw come out to say it never happened.

ORACLE1975:
presently u are my president GEJ,pls with all due respect kindly focus on ur own term than asking 4what u have no clue about come febuary 14/2015 BUHARI WILL BE OUR PRESIDENT BY GOD GRACE.HAIL THE PEOPLE GENERAL.GOD BLESS NIGERIA GOD BLESS BUHARI.

AMEN!

brooooooooooom broooooom brooooooom

Firefire:
“Ask him, when he was the head of government, did he buy one rifle for the Nigerian military? They refused to equip the military. Ask them what they did with their defence budget that they did not equip the military".
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Buhari did you buy a rifle? Yes or No ?[/size]

It's common sense, if GEJ says his 6 years as commander in chief is just OVERNIGHT, what should we call Buhari's 20 months?

Timoleon:
so far i dont think anyone haw come out to say it never happened.

Yes. It is so because by exposing what happened, they would see that it is a battle between an elephant and an ant.
Even though the elephant killed the ant, it lost quite a lot of face.

StVincent03:
U said GEJ lied? Well, in ur post, u did nt mention wot n wot GMB bought during his time as d head of state. All past leaders either bought or signed for equipment plus some received delivery from der previous regime. Just name only GMB single riffle bought, wen n from wer. Tnk u

Save Goodluck Jonathan from his Lies!

Evidence that President Jonathan Lied About Arms Purchase During Buhari’s Regime as Head of State Surfaces Online
NEWS Jan 9, 2015.

President Goodluck Jonathan at the flag-off of his re-election rally in Lagos on Thursday, alleged that not a single rifle was purchased in the last 30 years by the Nigerian government.
Apparently referring to the regime of his opponent and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammdau Buhari, the President challeged him to account for the defence budget during his tenure.

However, document from the Stockholm International Peace Institute indicates that Nigeria took delivery of different sort of military hardware within the period the president made reference to. 

Also, another source, photius.com said “During 1983-87, Nigeria imported military materials valued at US$1.5 billion from about ten major suppliers–more than any other African state.”

To further expose the president, the document obtained from the website of the institute shows that the country purchased more arms and ammunition in the regime of General Muhammadu Buhari than all the other governments put together.

Summary According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute revealed that Nigeria Acquired this between 1983-1985

544 Aircrafts
160 Air defense systems
122 Armored vehicles
62 Artillery
52 Missiles
12 Sensors

A total of over 989 heavy military equipment was procured within two and half years during Buhari’s regime.

Goodluck is desperate for power and thinks he could deceive Nigerians with cheap lies.

GMB was head of state for eighteen (18) months. You, Mr. Goodluck Johnatan have ruled for 6years and the country has sorrow, tears and pains to show for it. List 5 projects the GEJ administration has started and finished that has positively affected mama Ramota the pepper seller, saheed the vulcanizer,baba kasali the meat seller. Projects that better the lot of the ordinary man on the streets.... that should be the watchword of every reasonable government with a human face!

Adminisher:
Buhari will take Jonathan apart on this issue. I think the President is exposing himself badly. Baga has been attacknd again and 3/4 of Borno State is under Boko Haram and you are arguint defence and security with your opponent who is a decorated general.

Blah blah freaking blah. Decorated General my foot..

GEJ is right. Let GMB tell us how he invested in the military. Facts show that after the GEJ administration, Shagari's administration was the 2nd highest investor in the Nigerian Armed Forces. As a matter of fact, it was the GMB regime that watered down the NPF’S MOPOL Training doctrine as they thought it was FAR too stressful than that obtained at the Army Depot.

ORACLE1975:
presently u are my president GEJ,pls with all due respect kindly focus on ur own term than asking 4what u have no clue about come febuary 14/2015 BUHARI WILL BE OUR PRESIDENT BY GOD GRACE.HAIL THE PEOPLE GENERAL.GOD BLESS NIGERIA GOD BLESS BUHARI.

Story for the gods. We'll wake you up on Valentine day.

#TeamGEJ2015 #NoVacancyInAsoRock #GMBwillcryagain

wrong name right account number

DesChyko:
Who are they and how did he crush them?

Tell me you Googled the word "maitatsine" and nothing came up. Then I'll know you need help and I'll oblige you

theV0ice:
Tell me you Googled the word "maitatsine" and nothing came up. Then I'll know you need help and I'll oblige you

Mtschew!
Oga go and read about their modus operandi jare.
You're just celebrating the successful extermination of a mosquito with a sledge hammer.

ORACLE1975:
presently u are my president GEJ,pls with all due respect kindly focus on ur own term than asking 4what u have no clue about come febuary 14/2015 BUHARI WILL BE OUR PRESIDENT BY GOD GRACE.HAIL THE PEOPLE GENERAL.GOD BLESS NIGERIA GOD BLESS BUHARI.

Then you don't know how nnations are built or destroyed. A little is added at each stage. It is building not magic

DesChyko:
Mtschew!
Oga go and read about their modus operandi jare.
You're just celebrating the successful extermination of a mosquito with a sledge hammer.

Jonathan is celebrating buying locomotive trains that spend 30hrs from kano to Lagos.

Abeg free me to celebrate the crushing of maitatsine o even if it was with a bomb

ocelot2006:
Story for the gods. We'll wake you up on Valentine day.

#TeamGEJ2015 #NoVacancyInAsoRock #GMBwillcryagain

wake up to reality my friend,BUHARI IS OUR PRESIDENT BY GOD GRACE.

Please how on earth should I vote for some one that pardoned a convicted felon and gave him a house in asokoro with full security details paid by tax payers money I mean d common nigerian.
how can I vote for someone whose minister admitted billions of dollars missing but not accounted for today.
How can I vote for a man who has not provided security for the indigenes even went as far as claiming there are no girls missing in chibok.
Jonathan throws parties n weddings callously for his endless daughters that continue appearing from the moon.
His minister of petroleum is fraud n lavishes federation money on her children n buying houses across the country.
Jonathans administration saw the biggest pension scam and the person is walking free in the street.
when our youths died looking for a job that is a scam orchestrated by the same administration has not seen anybody take responsibility of those deaths.
enugu onitsha road is a dead trap.
enugu port Harcourt road is a dungeon
prices of fuel increases every year
We have seen continuous rise in electicity tariff with it not bn steady.
Mr Jonathan pronounced stealing is not corruption.
Mr Jonathan said Mend n all terrorist's are not like boko haram instead of condemning all forms of terrorism.
Mr Jonathan said pdp states enjoy relative peace than apc states possibly implying they cause havoc in apc states to score a political point.
The distribution of pvc is d biggest fraud ever and the vital tool they will use to rig the election.
change change change is all we want
vote GMB for president.

jdilight:
Then you don't know how nations are built or destroyed. A little is added at each stage. It is building not magic

come FeBUHARI it BUHARI DAY #CHANGE

prettyboi1:
AMEN!

God bless prettyboi1

jingh:
I thought he is clueless, but he is more than clueless


Evidence that buhari purchased arms during his
regime.
According to the Stockholm international peace
research institute revealed that Nigeria acquired this
between 1983-1985.
544 Aircrafts
160 Air defense system
122 armoured vehicle
62 Artillery
52 Missiles
12 sensors.
A total of over 989 heavy military equipment was
procured withing two and half years during buhari
regime.
http://t.coLroSnTLewPp


he think other are like him.

Buhari for president.

need to rush to post dis after receiving a call that d cluelessness has begin his activity.

will be back to modify.
#sobusy

Dear sister..sorry am not a politician nor campaigning for any party..but,when it comes to weapon issue..i think the military since 1975 up to 1995 should answer this..F15/16/smg29 are all lates 80s/90s and still nigeria did not buy one...

Ask yourself this question did Nigeria own up to 544aircraft??
NB
it takes 2yrs to deliver a legal weapon

Sylvarresta:
buhahahaha look at this hungry man wey still de support a clueless man, u don read monamona story, na hunger go finish you
Sai Buhari

Hungry?

U r just using words out of context... What has hunger got to do with ur confused and swaying tent?

Ayed44:
this is not a matter of someone being a decorated general or not. Tell Buhari to give a breakdown of how much he allocated to defence in his budget and also how much he spent on purchasing weapons as well as the number of weapons he purchased during his tenure as head of state. This is a democracy and there is no need to keep things in secret any more. There is need for insults, please.

eyahhhhh!!!!

wat was d security situation in nigeria then during GMB 's tenure,?. our military men were gallant army protecting d territory of oda Africa countries with well equiped weapons there was no such tin as insufficient weapons for for d army. besides, how much was defence budget allocation compare to now, also let GEJ explain all d trillions he has requested n collected for d purchase of military equipment since d pass yrs he is ruling, wat has he done differently or better . some many factors were against GMB ruling .coupled with d low information technology n alliance with world powers, these are informations easily accessable by GEJ yet he is comparing.

GEJ a democratic elected president for 5yrs plus yet no gud result, GMB was a military head of state dat bearly ruled for 2 yrs.

DesChyko:
That sect had poor leaders with no external sponsorship. How could they ever dream of starting with a greater ferocity that BH whose weaponry were quite impressive?

Quickly nipped in the bud you say.. That's so much praise for attacks that lasted 5 years (1980-1985). Do you know how many lives were lost? Over 18,000! Just a city (Yola) lost 10,000 people in itself (around 1984). I was just perusing the inventory of Nigerian arsenal at that time and it's quite surprising the poorly armed sect couldn't be easily subdued in a military rule.

When BH started, it had poorer leadership wit zero external connections & funding & was very local. It was allowed time to metamorphose to d terror group dat we know today. Maitatsine riots on d other hand started very quickly & spread like bushfire frm maiduguri to kaduna to zaria etc. Thanks to d actions of d FMG it was quickly quelled wit many zealots killed & arrested.
Reading thru many of ur posts it is easy to see dat u know little to nothing about our history & d type of hand dat Buhari was dealt when he became head of state. In leadership terms comparing GEJ to GMB is like comparing an ant to an elephant. How can u compare GEJ who inherited a country in times of plenty & relative peace but turned it into one of more divisiveness, corruption & a hell 4 d poor to GMB, d leader of a corrective govt dat inherited an economy dat had hit rock bottom but thru his ingenuity reversed d course of d economy & made our country buoyant again. Try & educate urself more on d history of our nation & u'll know why decades after & inspite of some of d most vicious media attacks knowledgeable people still revere d General & yearn 4 his return. SAI BUHARI

This is the dumbest doctorate degree holder have ever seen.What was the security of the country like under the tenure of this man he is alleging did not spend his defense budget well compared to his own tenure that he believes he is spending the defense budget judiciously. I would rather prefer defense budget to be spent wrongly and have peace in the country to spending it judiciously and have so many areas in the north being seized by BH.Its a shame some people are still canvassing for the continuation in office of this type of man.

Otunbab:
Why is Jona this daft ? I mean, a good president shouldn't be afraid of another election. He has been there for 6yrs, if he did good he shouldn't be bothered about what anybody says, he should be confident and allow his works speak for him.
If there's nothing to speak for him but people shouting " GEJ TILL INFINITY " then DIA RIS GOD O!!

tell me one presidential election where an acting president just sat quiet and let their work speak? abi you nor get brain?

[b]

JONATHAN LIED AGAIN!!!!

President Jonathan opened his re-election campaign in Lagos

yesterday with a barrage of lies, one of which was that Buhari did

not buy a single rifle for the military when he was Head of State.

However, document from the Stockholm International Peace

Institute indicates that Nigeria took delivery of different sort of

military hardware within the period the president made reference to.

Also, another source, photius.com said

During 1983-87, Nigeria imported military materials valued at

US$1.5 billion from about ten major suppliers–more than any other

African state.

To further expose the president, the document obtained from the

website of the institute shows that the country purchased more

arms and ammunition in the regime of General Muhammadu Buhari

than all the other governments put together.

Summary According to the Stockholm International Peace

Research Institute revealed that Nigeria Acquired this between

1983-1985 :

544 Aircrafts
160 Air defense systems
122 Armored vehicles
62 Artillery
52 Missiles
12 Sensors

A total of over 989 heavy military equipment was procured within

two and half years during Buhari’s regime.[/b]

Godiloveu:
eyahhhhh!!!!

wat was d security situation in nigeria then during GMB 's tenure,?. our military men were gallant army protecting d territory of oda Africa countries with well equiped weapons there was no such tin as insufficient weapons for for d army. besides, how much was defence budget allocation compare to now, also let GEJ explain all d trillions he has requested n collected for d purchase of military equipment since d pass yrs he is ruling, wat has he done differently or better . some many factors were against GMB ruling .coupled with d low information technology n alliance with world powers, these are informations easily accessable by GEJ yet he is comparing.

GEJ a democratic elected president for 5yrs plus yet no gud result, GMB was a military head of state dat bearly ruled for 2 yrs.

when 9/11 happened all Americans came together and fought, Democrat never used the bombing of the world trade center as a political point. You idiots think you love Nigeria and Nigerians, the the truth is that you are all Goats. Who uses terrorism as a political point? why should a human being be happy after a bomb blast and death of people just to call a man clueless?.

I am not APC or PDP but i think death should come upon any body that is using terrorism as a political point.

Dear Nigerians, Did Buhari buy a single riffle?
Here is the answer; The size of the cane
depends on the age of who you want to use the
cane on. Do you need to buy a horse whip to
punish a 2year old child when only a broom
stick behind the door can make him/her cry
enough? If Gen. Muhammadu Buhari could
maintain peace and order without necessarily
buying riffles then he should be applauded for
that. The President should also understand that
technology has advanced greatly, so, even if
Buhari bought a million riffles then, 30 years
later you do not need to depend on them. The
same riffles can't do a great job in these days of
cutting edge technology. Are the insurgents
using weapons produced in the 60s? If the
terrorists are using modern day hardware, why
should the president blame governments of 3
decades ago for the epilepsy in the military
armoury? The fact that the Nigerian Military
won biafra war doesn't mean you will need
those same outdated military hardware to fight
insurgency decades later. We have had one
mutiny after the other in the Army, The soldiers
have complained of poor feeding, low morale
and outdated weapons. Are we going to blame
Buhari for not buying food for the Army since
1983? Are we going to blame him for not
buying a single Morale? But let me foolishly ask,
is it not this same government that said the
Military is better equipped than the
insurgents..? Me I Don't know what to believe
again sef... I am still reading through the speech
he gave in Lagos and will soon comment on
another issue. If Mr. President thinks the Job is
too hard I suggest stepping down will do us a
lot good as it is not too late. Stop blaming the
man, do the Job Sir. Friends of PDP donated
21billion for you and the party, how much have
they donated to the Army?.. I am @femimexican
Saying vote # Buhari_Osinbajo

datribune:
...
Reading thru many of ur posts it is easy to see dat u know little to nothing about our history..

datribune:
Reading thru many of ur posts it is easy to see dat u know little to nothing about our history..

It's easy to get information these days with the internet within reach. I took it upon myself to learn of the Maitatsine because it was becoming a reference point and I was very disappointed it was being compared to Boko Haram.
Maybe I should open a thread to compare them. I think I will do that.

Alphaoscar:
GEJ lied!







Nigerian Armed Forces: The post-1975 trend of Military Hardware Acquisitions
Following the initial high attained during the Nigerian Civil War, the Nigerian Armed Forces switched gear in its quest to acquire military hardware in the year 1975 which ended on a high note with the delivery in December 1975 of a squadron of MiG-21MF jet fighters for which orders had been placed by the ousted Federal Military Government of General Yakubu Gowon around 1973.

Ever since, the Nigerian Armed Forces have scarcely looked back as they press on in the quest to acquire modern military hardware for the nation. Between 1976 and 1979, the military government of General Olusegun Obasanjo acquired the first-ever armoured tanks fielded by the Nigerian Army. This coincided with the movement of the 3 Armoured Division and its relocation from Port Harcourt to Jos in 1976. The 1 Infantry Division had earlier in 1972 also relocated from Enugu to Kaduna. The military regime of Obasanjo also acquired Soviet 122mm artillery guns and penned deals for a MEKO 360 frigate which was delivered in the 1980s under the Shagari regime’s watch, Hippo-class Landing Ships (Tank) and British Vosper Thornycroft corvettes.

As far as military hardware acquisition goes, the Shagari regime which held office between October 1979 and December 1983 holds the record. The Shagari regime splashed out 6 billion pounds sterling on military hardware between 1980 and 1982. This was expended on the acquisition of everything from French Combattante III and German Lurssen missile-armed Fast Attack Craft, Italian-made G222 military airlift planes and a squadron of Aermacchi MB-339 advanced trainer/light attack jets, Oto-Melara 105mm artillery guns and Palmaria 155mm self-propelled artillery systems.

From France, the Shagari regime penned deals and/or took delivery of Roland Surface to Air missile systems and Aerospatiale (now Eurocopter) Puma helicopters. Also delivered were American-made C130-H30 Hercules (the stretch variant, that is) and anti-aircraft artillery guns. Contracts were signed and deliveries made of Swedish-made Bofors FH-77A 155mm artillery guns, Austrian-made Steyr 4K-7FA armoured personnel carriers, Swiss-made MOWAG Piranha armoured personnel carriers, British-made Vickers Mk.3 Eagle main battle tanks and Alvis Scorpion light tanks, squadrons of Franco-German Alpha jets and Franco-British Jaguar jets, German-made Fox armoured cars, Dornier Do-228 utility aircraft and Soviet-built MiG-21 jets, 122mm artillery guns and BM-21 122mm rocket artillery.

Deliveries on some the procurement deals penned by the inimitable President Shehu Shagari, a quiet and modest man, continued well into regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. Some of his successors penned new deals for repeat business on deliveries of Scorpion and Eagle tanks and self-propelled artillery, continuing into this decade.

The shortlived regime of General Buhari signed deals for additional deliveries of Scorpion light tanks and Vickers Eagle battle tanks and penned a deal for the delivery of Brazilian-made Engesa Cascavel heavy armoured fighting vehicles in an oil-for-armsbarter trade deal. The Buhari regime was soon swept aside by General Babangida.

The Federal Military Government of Nigeria under General Babangida signed deals for further deliveries of Palmaria self-propelled artillery, Alpha jets and Dornier Do-228 utility planes. It additionally signed fresh deals for the delivery of two squadrons(24 units) of L39 Albatross advanced trainer-light attack jets from Czechoslovakia, Romanian-made APR-21 122mm rocket artillery, Italian-built mine countermeasure vessels, British and French coastal patrol craft, Panhard Sagaie armoured fighting vehicles and VBL scout cars.

The Abacha regime came and went while the Abdulsalaam Abubakar regime had little time to leave its footprints.

In 1999, General Obasanjo again took the elm as democratically elected President and returned to meet an arsenal which had been blighted by sanctions and embargoes. He did very well in the event, acquiring fifteen Chengdu F7 jet fighter-bombers from China, Agusta AW 139 and A109 Power utility helicopters, Russian-built Mi-34, Mi-17, Mi-24V and Mi-35P choppers and gunships, T72 tanks, MT-LB armoured combat support vehicles, Ukrainian-made BTR-3 armoured personnel carriers, BTR-60 and BTR-70 armoured personnel carriers, Mowag Grizzly armoured personnel carriers, Turkish-built Otokar Cobra infantry fighting vehicles, French-made AMX battle tanks,Sea Eagle Offshore Patrol Craft, many dozens of gunboats and utility landing craft, logistics ships, Unmanned Surface Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and a comprehensive coastal radar systems.

The Obasanjo government also signed deals for additional deliveries of Panhard VBL scout cars, Oto-Melara 105mm artillery, Palmaria 155mm self-propelled artillery systems, T55 and Vickers Eagle battle tanks and Alvis Scorpion light tanks.

The Obasanjo regime was succeeded by the government of President Umaru Yar’Adua in 2007 and since then, it has paced orders for or taken delivery of a squadron of twelve Agusta A109LUH choppers, another squadron of twelve Eurocopter AS-550 Fennec attack helicopters, ATR-42MP Surveyor radar planes, five Eurocopter dual-purpose Puma radar helicopters, Shaldag Mk.II Fast Patrol Interceptor Craft, gunboats and combat catamarans and British-built Offshore Patrol Vessels.

The shortlived regime of General Buhari signed deals for additional deliveries of Scorpion light tanks and Vickers Eagle battle tanks and penned a deal for the delivery of Brazilian-made Engesa Cascavel heavy armoured fighting vehicles in an oil-for-armsbarter trade deal. The Buhari regime was soon swept aside by General Babangida.

You lied not GEJ bro! take a look @bolded..He penned a contract, agreed, the issue now is, either the ammunition was not delivered or the contract was cancelled by evil genius...

kennaustine:
.
Some of GEJ's achievements.
EDUCATION
1. 125 Almajiri Schools in 13 Northern States
2. 27 Special girls school
3. 34 new NCE awarding institutions
4. 101 Presidential Special Scholarship for
Innovation and development
5. 10 Million increase in Basic education
enrolment (UBEC)
6. 75% Increase in O'Level credit pass in Math
and English
7. 100 Innovation Enterprise Institutions licensed
8. 7000 lecturers sponsored for post graduate
studies home and abroad
9. 51 Polytechnic laboratories rehabilitated
10. Doubled increase on Education allocation
11. 104 candidates scaled the final hurdle (First
Class Graduates) for Presidential scholarship
award and were asked to apply to study in any of
the top 25 universities in the world approved for
the scheme for their PhD.
12. When GEJ assume power in 2010 98% of
students that sat for NECO failed to make 5
credits including mathematics and English, as at
2013 70% of students that sat for NECO make 5
credits including maths and English.
13. All states of the federation without a federal
university had one each during GEJ Government
and they are listed below (12 New Federal
Universities). Imagine Number of jobs created for
both academic and non-academic staffs and
percentage of awaiting students fixed into these
schools (Note: 9 out of these 12 universities are
in Northern Nigeria).
Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State. —
North Central.
Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. ——-North
Central.
Federal University, Kashere, Gombe State.– North
East.
Federal University, Wakari, Taraba State. —-
North East.
Federal University, Dutsin-Ma, Katsina State.-
North West.
Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State.——-
North West.
Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State. —
South South.
Federal University, Ndufe-Alike, Ebonyi State.-
South East.
Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State.——-
South West.
Federal University Gashua, Yobe State —-North
East.
Federal University Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi state.——-
North West.
Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State.——-
North West.
TRANSPORTATION
Rail Transport:
14. Revitalisation of the railway sector resulting
into annual volume of people moved by April 2014
to be 5Million against 1Million of people moved
prior to GEJ government.
15. Completed the reconstruction of Lagos-Kano
Railway Line that was moribund for many years
with no single train movement for 15years but
GEJ fixed it in 1year.
16. Kaduna Railway Line is at 85% completion
17. Improvement in rail transportation by a pilot
scheme of AC fitted trains in Lagos.
18. Port-Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line
abandoned for over 30years is at about 90%
completion.
19. Other rail way under construction are:
Lagos-Kano Rail
Kano-Maiduguri, under construction
Lagos-Portharcourt Under construction:
Kaduna-Abuja
Abuja Standard Gauge Rail axis
Road Transportation
20. The following roads are getting the attention
of federal government.
Apapa - Oshodi Expressway (Undergoing
Construction)
Benin-Ore-Sagamu Highway (Completed Benin-
Ore, Sagamu Ongoing)
Enugu-Portharcourt Dual carriage way
(Undergoing Construction)
Kano - Maiduguri Road (Undergoing Dualisation)
Abuja-Abaji-Lokoja Road (Undergoing
Dualisation)
Onitsha-Owerri Road (Completed)
Vom-Manchok Road (Completed)
Onitsha Head Bridge - Flyover (Ojukwu Gateway)
[Completed by Gov Obi did and got federal refund]
Onitsha - Enugu Road (Under Reconstruction)
Lokoja - Benin Road (Under Reconstruction)
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Under Reconstruction
after 30years)
Mokwa-Bida Road (Under Reconstruction)
Akure-Ilesha Road (Under Reconstruction)
East-West Road (Under Reconstruction)
Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega Road (Under
Reconstruction)
Enugu- Abakaliki- Cross River Road (Under
Reconstruction)
Ogoja - Ikom Road (Under Reconstruction)
Vandekiya-Obudu Road (Under Reconstruction)
The Second Niger Bridge was concessioned to
Juluis Berger and massive early works have
commenced
Massive construction is ongoing on Lokko-
Owetto bridge across River Benue.
Air Transport/ Aviation
21. National Aviation Master plan and Road map
was developed and is being implemented
22. Air Safety - INSTALLATION of cutting age
navigational aids and Instruments Landing
Systems, including runway lights and Total Radar
Coverage (TRACON)
23. Airport Infrastructure - For the first time in
three decades, ALL 22 federally owned airports
are being remodelled and renovated
24. Cargo Airport - 16 airports close to nation's
food baskets designed to transport perishables.
25. New Terminal for 5 International Airports at
Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano and Enugu.
26. Certification - US Category 1 Certification
attained.
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
27. Under GEJ, Nigeria has three automobile
industries manufacturing vehicles already,
Innoson in Nnewi, Peaugeot in Kaduna and Nissan
in Lagos. kia and Toyota are already working on
their assembly Plants in Lagos while there is an
indication that about 30 car manufacturing
companies has signified interests.
28. Nigeria exports cement after becoming self-
sufficient of our local demand (this is a feat that
was not achieved for many decades).
AGRICULTURE
29. Rice production rose from 1.5Metric Ton from
2010 to 3.5Metric Tons in 2013
30. Nigeria became world leader in cassava
production.
31. Nigeria food import reduced by 500Million per
annum
32. 6Million farmers now assess fertilizers
through the e-wallet systems and this now helps
government to cut N50Billion annually from
corrupt middlemen.
NATIONAL PLANNING/ DEVELOPMENT
33. GEJ government introduced the green wall
initiative to tackle desertification in the Northern
part of Nigeria by planting 6,720,000 trees so far
in 10 northern states.
34. UN Statistics shows that life expectancy in
Nigeria before GEJ government was 47yrs and the
statistics present figure shows it is 52% (If
government takes the blame of everything in a
nation then it should also takes commendation of
anything in the nation)
35. Time to clear goods in Nigerian Ports before
GEJ introduced reforms is 38days as at 2009 but
it has been reduced to 7days.
INFORMATION/ TECHNOLOGY
36. Established 266 public access venues for ICT
in 2013.
37. Established 156 Rural IT Centres and 110
community communication centres so far.
ECONOMY
38. 3 Billion Naira grant given to Nollywood to
encourage their contribution to National GDP.
39. At 7% GDP Growth, Nigeria economy is one of
the fastest growing in the world and the biggest
in Africa.
40. Value of stocks in the Nigerian stock
exchange as at 2009 was N9.92Trillion but as at
December 2013 the value of Nigerian stock is
N13.23Trillion
41. As at 2013 ending the value of Foreign Direct
Investment in Nigeria is $7Billion making Nigeria
the number one recipient of foreign direct
investment in Africa.
42. Nigeria became biggest economy in African
overtaking South Africa.
43. Wall street journal adjudged Nigeria as No 1
destination of foreign investors in the world rating
Nigeria with 29.57% of total world FDI, Argentina
is 2nd while Vietnam came 3rd.
44. Inflation rate before GEJ came to power is
15% presently inflation rate is 9%
45. Volume of imported rice consumed in Nigeria
cut down by almost 50% (This has made naira to
circulate within the country better) and 100% of
rice eaten in aso rock is made in Nigeria.
46. Non-Oil Revenue accrued to government
before GEJ government stood at N843Billion but
in 2013 Non-oil revenue stood at N1.34Trillion.
HOUSING/ WELFARE
47. Mortgage - The Nigerian Mortgage
Refinancing Corporation was set up to enable
200,000 affordable mortgages within 5 years at
affordable interest rate.
48. Over 61,000 housing units have been built in
six geographical zones.
SPORTS
49. African Nations Cup (last won in 1994)
50. Fifa U-17 (Last won in 2007)
51. Word Athletic Championship 4 medals (No
medal since 2000)
POWER/ ELECTRICITY
52. Privatised PHCN and Power Generating Plants
undergoing constructions in different
states.
53. Power generation increased from
2,200MegaWatt to 7,000MegaWatt installed
capacity and Nigeria presently generates about
4500MegaWatt.
LEADERSHIP STYLE
54. GEJ has no foreign account, no property
aboard and all his kids/ wards school here in
Nigeria.
55. Gender friendly government by encouraging
the 35% affirmative for women in government.
Appointed about 10 female ministers
First Female Chief Justice of Nigeria
Female Head of Court of Appeal
Female Acting Governor of Central Bank of
Nigeria
Female DG of Nigerian Stock Exchange etc
Removing the bar of admitting female into
Nigeria Defence Academy (Now we will have
female armoured tank drivers, female Para-
troopers, Jumpers, and so on)
56. Encouragement of youth participation in
government with relatively young members of
executive cabinet (Average age of 50s) with
young ministers like Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed
who is the minister of state for foreign affairs
(born 20th August 1976 and he is the youngest
minister in Nigeria since return to democracy),

GEJ TILL BUHARI SEE HIS GREAT G

All these are not achievements but mere adminisrative works that are budgeted for,so if Rds are maintain it is a big achivement abi,all over d world Rds are maintain evry yr,schools are establish evry yr 2 cater for teeming youths,i still see forign rice everywher wher are d local rice?Y dnt i hav power in ma house while i pay bills?Y are majority denied PVC?Y shld ma sibling hav 2 pay #37000+ to write waec & neco,Y hav d pump price of petro still #120.