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[quote author=Alphaoscar post=29649836]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.

Am nt here to condemn Gej or Gmb. All d information u provided did nt also answer my question. Pls name hw many warship, riffle,jet bought buy GMB regime,And frm wer? 1983 to 1987 in d article provided by u is 3 regime. Shagari, buhari,babangida. Pls, all am interested in is d ones purchase by GMB regime. GEJ is an incumbent president. GCFR. It means, he is talkin wit available facts on record. For now, he owns d millitary and can say categorically wot happens der or wot is currently happenin. Until u ans me like u hv bn tryin to. Lemme just step aside.

donnypool:
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.

su..le ode!
did I insult u in my comments?

besides who threw dis tantrum ist, was it not ur Cluesless paymaster?
GEJ is just playing d russian roullete game with d few days he has in office to tell nigerians wat he got for change n stop feeding us tales by moonlight .

donnypool:
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.

su..le ode!
did I insult u in my comments?

besides who threw dis tantrum ist, was it not ur Cluesless paymaster?
GEJ is just playing d russian roullete game with d few days he has in office .he shud tell nigerians wat he got for change n stop feeding us tales by moonlight .

FeBUHARI 2k15

kennaustine:
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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

where do you leave please? Like this guy has nott left aso rock or abuja since and has been watching NTA news since 2009

DesChyko:
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.

Pls u might also need to re-read d maitatsine riots. All in all, it took days to quell not years & d casualty figure was very low. Wish u all d best

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[quote author=Ayed44 post=29628228][/quote]...Not only the military, Buhari destroyed the Nigerian police completely by disarming the Police Mobile Force which President Shehu Shagari and IG Sunday Adewusi trained and equipped and were rated the best in Africa. He caused the army to remove vital parts from the newly acquired APCs for the police and went on to close the Mobile Training School in Limankara near Gwoza. Over two hundred citron cars purchased for the police for highway patrol were also seized by the Buhari govt. Mobile policemen were asked to drop their traditional mobile uniforms and join their conventional colleagues as the Buhari/Idiagbon govt completely incapacitated the fighting force of the Nigeria Police. Some said he was irked by the professional efficiency displayed by Mobile Policemen when they swiftly moved out President Shehu Shagari from Aguda House when Military men attempted to arrest him (Shagari) during the coup that brought him (Buhari) to power. Shagari decided to surrender himself thereafter.

Yes, GEJ is right in questioning Buhari to explain what he did with the defence budget of his twenty months old govt. The best military equipments available to the military from the time Buhari seized power to his exit were bought by the Shagari administration. I vividly remember how in one whole swoop the govt of Shehu Shagari bought twelve new Jaguar Jets from France for the Nigerian Air Force. ... This is the time to expose every strength and weakness of those seeking to lead us to enable Nigerians understand who they really are. Most of those shouting "Buhari! Buhari! Buhari!" were not born when he (Buhari) held this country captive with his archaic and brutal leadership style whose only appealing tone was the anti corruption "crusade". Remove the anti corruption tag from his neck and Buhari will shrink back centuries away from civilization and modernity.

datribune:
Pls u might also need to re-read d maitatsine riots. All in all, it took days to quell not years & d casualty figure was very low. Wish u all d best

It's laughable to compare Maitatsine with boko haram: maitatsine assembled themselves in particular areas of the towns they lived and were, therefore, easily surrounded and overwhelmed. Even boko haram made the same "mistake" by confining themselves to a particular part of Maiduguri where they were dislodged within record time. Can you say the same of the now scattered and more trained BH who have also been receiving top military training in Mali, Chad and other countries?

Praising those past govts for crushing those rag-tag maitatsine "neophytes" who holed up within specific places in town centres is like decorating a hunter for killing caged animals in the zoo. People ought to take note of the big difference.

[quote author=StVincent03 post=29651647][/quote]Please when did 20 months turned to two and half years; when you lie, please be smart about it sir! God bless Nigeria.

Alphaoscar:
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.

Please when did 20 months turned to two and half years; when you lie, please be smart about it sir! God bless Nigeria.

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.

The slowpoke is just opening himself up for ridicule..

Buhari bought no arms but yet was able to defeat the Maitasine Terrorist group..

GEJ has bought arms (even had to use Oritsejafors jet to carry the money cash to go buy the arms)... Yet Boko haram has bombed the Nations Police HQ, bombed the Nigerian Army HQ is Brono, Bombed the UN building, almost bombed Eagle Square.. These are just the high security targets o!! Notice I didn't mention Madala, the Bus parks, etc..



The more GEJ speaks, the more Buhari looks even better..

Change2015...

#AnybodyButGEJ...

rawtruth:
It's laughable to compare Maitatsine with boko haram: maitatsine assembled themselves in particular areas of the towns they lived and were, therefore, easily surrounded and overwhelmed. Even boko haram made the same "mistake" by confining themselves to a particular part of Maiduguri where they were dislodged within record time. Can you say the same of the now scattered and more trained BH who have also been receiving top military training in Mali, Chad and other countries?

Praising those past govts for crushing those rag-tag maitatsine "neophytes" who holed up within specific places in town centres is like decorating a hunter for killing caged animals in the zoo. People ought to take note of the big difference.

Don't get it twisted. d point I'm making is dat BH under Mohammed Yussuf was like a clone of Maitatsine - it was local & had no foreign backing & that's why as u pointed out it was possible to easily arrest its leader.
Nigeria is in dis mess today because at d start of dis insurgency, d C-in-C lacked d decisiveness & guts to giv BH a good fight. In his own words, "we were fighting BH wit kid gloves". Meanwhile d hitherto local BH metamorphosed into an Alqeada affiliate & here we ar today wit an Alqeada affiliate to contend wit.
Instead of giving d boko boys a good fight GEJ saw d insurgency as an opportunity to rally his political base of support by pitching Xtians against muslims 4 political gains. Wit little or no achievement to point to, all he needs to do is label d opposition as sponsors of terror & he gets political support frm d gullible.
I wish dat d C-in-C will grow a spine & go after d sponsors of BH whom he says he knows & spare d nation d pains of dis insurgency

Kylekent59:
PDP VRS APC.
GEJ VRS GMB
which of them owns the original 'G'

ORIGINAL G IS FOR GOODLUCK

WHILE BUHARI G "GENOCIDE"

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

My dullard friend, you wey get brain, try take am read properly. B like u and Jana get d same brain.

[quote author=StVincent03 post=29651647][/quote]ITS LIKE YOU HAD "F" IN YOUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE WAEC & FSLC.

THE LIST IN YOUR DEFENSE YOU MENTIONED WAS THERE ANY RIFLE PURCHASED.

PARK WELL & PRESENT GMB CERTIFICATE OR STRAIGHT TO KIRIKIRI U WILL GO.

WHY IS GEJ CAMPAIGNING FOR BUHARI? IS HE BUHARI'S CAMPAIGN DG?
Jonathan mentioned Buhari's name 9 times in today's flag off in Lagos. This is what we call, free and Unpaid publicity.

How can a candidate pay millions to mobilize people from across many states to his flag off, only to be campaigning for another candidate?

omenka:
I honestly desire to see a factual response from Buhari to this and then see him put the same question back to Jonathan so we can see what facelift our defence has received with over 4trillion naira reportedly expended on them in the last 5years.

You don't see how embarrassing your response is? 4trillion face-lift and boko haram is still a problem? Oil theft is still a problem? The stupid Jonathan cannot even ask his immediate predecessors like obasanjo, abacha, IBB that he went to beg in minna last week? Abeg, which kind of foolishness is that? 4trillion and even to see Chibok girls has turned into excuses by moonlight. Rubbish. Jonathan should ask himself why the security services that consume almost a quarter of our budget, cannot handle boko haram, even as he was happy to give all the service chiefs national honours just a few months ago. For doing what?

datribune:
Don't get it twisted. d point I'm making is dat BH under Mohammed Yussuf was like a clone of Maitatsine - it was local & had no foreign backing & that's why as u pointed out it was possible to easily arrest its leader.
Nigeria is in dis mess today because at d start of dis insurgency, d C-in-C lacked d decisiveness & guts to giv BH a good fight. In his own words, "we were fighting BH wit kid gloves". Meanwhile d hitherto local BH metamorphosed into an Alqeada affiliate & here we ar today wit an Alqeada affiliate to contend wit.
Instead of giving d boko boys a good fight GEJ saw d insurgency as an opportunity to rally his political base of support by pitching Xtians against muslims 4 political gains. Wit little or no achievement to point to, all he needs to do is label d opposition as sponsors of terror & he gets political support frm d gullible.
I wish dat d C-in-C will grow a spine & go after d sponsors of BH whom he says he knows & spare d nation d pains of dis insurgency

...your earlier brief comparison between BH and Maitatsine left me with no other option than to respond the way I did. And, come to think of it, you certainly intended to convince those who don't know the difference between the ancient maitatsine rioters and BH rebels to regard GEJ as too incompetent to disperse even a group of cudgel-bearing anarchists. It's my turn to say "don't try to reclaim lost ground through some glib moves by getting it twisted".

...It's tragically funny to say "GEJ saw the insurgency as an opportunity to rally his political base of support by pitching Xtians against muslims 4 political gains". I have never come across such a cold-blooded and barefaced attempt at hoodwinking. Tell that to those who know little or nothing about the psyche of hardcore fundamentalist clerics and their millions of almajiri followers in northern Nigeria. GEJ wasn't on seat when thousands of people trooped out into the streets of Kano and Gusau to celebrate the terrorist attack on the world trade centre in the USA in 2001. Maybe you don't believe in judgement after death. If you do you won't tell such lies!

rawtruth:
...your earlier brief comparison between BH and Maitatsine left me with no other option than to respond the way I did. And, come to think of it, you certainly intended to convince those who don't know the difference between the ancient maitatsine rioters and BH rebels to regard GEJ as too incompetent to disperse even a group of cudgel-bearing anarchists. It's my turn to say "don't try to reclaim lost ground through some glib moves by getting it twisted".

...It's tragically funny to say "GEJ saw the insurgency as an opportunity to rally his political base of support by pitching Xtians against muslims 4 political gains". I have never come across such a cold-blooded and barefaced attempt at hoodwinking. Tell that to those who know little or nothing about the psyche of hardcore fundamentalist clerics and their millions of almajiri followers in northern Nigeria. GEJ wasn't on seat when thousands of people trooped out into the streets of Kano and Gusau to celebrate the terrorist attack on the world trade centre in the USA in 2001. Maybe you don't believe in judgement after death. If you do you won't tell such lies!

Kindly re-read my earlier posts, u might be mixing my posts wit another. I never compared d present BH dat we hav to maitatsine riot.
I ask u & u need to be honest, ar u saying dat dis govt does not try to paint d opposition as those behind terrorism in Nigeria?. Even as of yesterday knowing dat MEND had endorsed d opposition, d president tried to sell dat same narrative by saying dat d terrorist MEND was paid to assassinate him. If it's not d opposition dat had just been endorsed by MEND dat sponsored d terrorist assassination plan who could it be?. btw prior to their endorsement of d opposition, GEJ had always defended Mend in dat bombing on independence day.
Guy I understand ur pain. It's not easy to accept dat it's happening. But if u keep an open mind u will see clearly what is happening. I'm not flippant & cold-blooded is d farthest word u can use to describe me. I wish dat dis govt will stop politicizing dis insurgency & giv d boko boys a good fight & save our country frm further pains. I am a southerner & a Xtian but I hate d subtle divisive vibes dat I get frm dis govt.

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.

Just pray the question is asked during the debate. Jonathan must not run.

Change2015:
You don't see how embarrassing your response is? 4trillion face-lift and boko haram is still a problem? Oil theft is still a problem? The stupid Jonathan cannot even ask his immediate predecessors like obasanjo, abacha, IBB that he went to beg in minna last week? Abeg, which kind of foolishness is that? 4trillion and even to see Chibok girls has turned into excuses by moonlight. Rubbish. Jonathan should ask himself why the security services that consume almost a quarter of our budget, cannot handle boko haram, even as he was happy to give all the service chiefs national honours just a few months ago. For doing what?

Oga oo!! Maybe you need to re-read that post, and this, slooowly. Lol.

I'm on your side!

donnypool:
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.

When 9/11 happened, did the Republican Party of George Bush accuse the opposition, Democratic Party of being behind it, like PDP do to APC?

must politics be about degradation

Buhari did not buy a single riffle,we have heard,and you have been in power for almost six years now,you bought all the fighter jets,armored carriers,AK/47,missile launchers,atomic bomb an all that,but what has become of nigeria's millitary even at that,our soldiers running from BOKO HARAM?abandoning there bases?senior officers squandering budgetary allocations,poor welfare,Nigerian army losing it prestige under your clueless and uninspiring Leadership?
You are a big loser...your campaign is totally without issue-based,your name-calling won't get you any sympathy.

too bad 4 GEJ. Chibok girls are still been held in captive & u buzy campaigning 4 another tenure. Were they 2b ur children, will abandon them? 2 shameful.

President Jonathan who was addressing a crowd of party supporters at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos noted that the fight against terrorism is dragging on because of lack of equipment owing to the fact that previous governments including that of Gen Buhari failed to equip the Nigerian soldiers.


“He did not buy a single rifle”, he announced, referring to Gen Buhari while he served as a military Head State, lamenting that Nigeria “had great soldiers but who had no arms”.
Oga GEJ accept your failures and stop lying cos since i was born i never heard that Nigeria Army are no Gun, until your regime where billions of Dollars are been approved every day and no tangible results

omenka:
I honestly desire to see a factual response from Buhari to this and then see him put the same question back to Jonathan so we can see what facelift our defence has received with over 4trillion naira reportedly expended on them in the last 5years.

thats the case,buhari dont have any clue on how to ask valid question.he will rather wait for Fashola to speek for him

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.

Chai! some people can lie o! - kai, these things don't exist anywhere in Nigeria.

Change2015:
You don't see how embarrassing your response is? 4trillion face-lift and boko haram is still a problem? Oil theft is still a problem? The stupid Jonathan cannot even ask his immediate predecessors like obasanjo, abacha, IBB that he went to beg in minna last week? Abeg, which kind of foolishness is that? 4trillion and even to see Chibok girls has turned into excuses by moonlight. Rubbish. Jonathan should ask himself why the security services that consume almost a quarter of our budget, cannot handle boko haram, even as he was happy to give all the service chiefs national honours just a few months ago. For doing what?

What do you expect from someone who said"IBB IS MY FATHER"?...anyone who has babangida as a fathercorruption begets corruption naa.

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.

Budget of 30 years ago
when Jonathan cannot give account of what he did last week?

BTW - who do you really think cares about spending if there was security then and their is fear now

our president is so so daft