₦airaland Forum

mamurhomu:
Jonathan is the devil. I dont understand why nigerians can say the common truth. What has jonathan administration done for the common man? We have lot and lot of jobless graduate in the street looking for jobs . The truth is that nigerians are afraid of change. We have seen what jonathan can do lets Ơ̴̴͡.̮Ơ̴̴̴͡ what buhari can do too. We are tired of PDP criminals. They are criminals. Jonathan can not even control the governors of the different state then tell me how can he rule over 120million nigerians .

You must be the bigger devil?

ROSSIKE
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The Economist was against the release of Nelson Mandela. That's all you
need to know about them.

Meanwhile, as the Americans say, ''IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPI.D.''

And Jonathan has certainly SUCCEEDED in boosting and uplifting our
ECONOMY, if even the Economist can get itself to admit same, however
grudgingly.

What is there in Buhari's history to suggest he will continue to improve
our economy?

dey deceive una self.

The Economist is one of my favourite newspapers and is widely respected abroad however I have to disagree with them on this occasion. The article assumes that all Nigerians have forgiven Buhari's past. The article also hasn't been intimated on the plans that Buhari has proposed for Nigeria.

No candidate with the kind of human rights record that Buhari has will stand election in any western country let alone receive endorsement from the press. It's only in Africa(once referred to as dark continent, the jungle) where past dictators can receive endorsement from western media houses.

Jonathan has been a dissappointment in many areas but to return to Buhari, who has a terrible history of oppression and till today who is himself unapologetic about his past, is an insult to our democracy.

Rubbish write up loaded with half truths and outright lies.
Well,shame on you ignorant economist,Nigerians want continuity of transformation nand not dictatorship,go and wish dictatorship(by a clueless tyrant) for your own country.
Shame on you and your evil collaborators that fed you with such lies as the audit report of pricewaterhouse coopers is out and no $20 billion was ever missing

I wonder why APC hypocrites and criminals had stuck with the false $20 billion figure,when the rabble rousing Sanusi Lamido that started the whole lie in the first place had long come out to say HE WAS WRONG THAT IT WAS NOT $20 billion,but $10 billion,thankfully the figure has now been established to be $1.48 billion which was a problem of reconciliation

Shame on you APC lot,God pass una and MB will never be president,yes Muhammadu Buhari will NEVER be president.

Nicklaus:
I would have thought an economist passes for a reformer. How is this for neutral when someone expected to carry the people along with detailed facts of a growing economy be the poison against reality. Nigeria has become the largest economy in Africa, one good thing. It has also become a breeding ground for terrorists, one bad thing. Love to elaborate but not to deviate from the point. There is a clear partial view from the economist at the end note by making an affirmative remark on who to vote for. It would have made more sense if he had made his points and leave the people to decide instead of betraying his inner motive by blurting out what has been eating his brains up. I know some ll say its balanced because he used the principles of "pique the readers interest and get'em on a neutral ground" then say what you have in mind crap. The country is in disarray but GMB can't do a thing about it, unless he knows sth about it. Gej all the way..

While I don't agree with The Economist's endorsement of Buhari it has to be stated that the newspaper has taken sides in several other elections in different countries. There is nothing wrong in that. They like every entity out there is free to support or oppose whoever they see fit, being an economist doesn't stop them from this nor are they mandated to stay neutral in all matters.

What if the former dictator is also a failed head of state?

GEJ misused his Goodluck. In 2011

1. Nigerians voted for GEJ and not PDP
2. Nigerians saw a humble and gentle president that will rescue Nigeria
3. Nigerians came out giving him 100% block vote in South East
4. South West was sold to him
5. GEJ won after these
6. Nigerians later ask their messiah to please declare his asset to affirm his integrity, but GEJ said "I don't give a damn"
7. Nigerians waited for their messiah to perform and transform the economy, this was done only on paper, no visible transformation in their life.
8. All those that fought for him to be made acting president are now his enemy.
9. Some years later GEJ want the same turn out by Nigerians to return to power...
10. Nigerians now said "I don't give a damn"
11. What goes around, comes around

modhream:
Yes,we have heard.
Now,what say you about this piece from the economist?.Were they bribed to write this too?.

Didnt know fools still exist until i found you...are you telling me the people in the econonist are not humans and cannot be bribed abi. Sometimes it baffles me that some Nigerians think bribery and corruption is only done in Nigeria...there is no place in these world that bribery and corruption dont exist, so open your eyes and mind, mumu.

Fools

Have you heard that, GEJ is already packing his belongings from Aso Rock?


Professor Wole Soyinka

"I will not vote and I will not encourage anyone to vote for the continuation of this government, simply because your colleagues numbering over 200 were kidnapped,” he said.

The playwright, who last December described the Jonathan administration as being worse than Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, stated the President’s inability to locate and free the abducted girls represented leadership failure.

He noted that shortly after the girls were kidnapped, Jonathan failed to address the situation and went about as if nothing had happened.

Soyinka said it was, therefore, outrageous for anyone to say he was supporting the re-election of Jonathan.

He added,“It took the Jonathan government 10 days to even accept that the Chibok girls were missing. After that dereliction of duty; after that failure of leadership, after that betrayal of our future, for anyone to think or to put words in my mouth suggesting that I will vote or encourage anyone to vote for this regime is a travesty of intelligence.”

Speaking on the theme, “The Road to Sambisa”, the literary icon stressed Jonathan had not only betrayed children, he had failed as a leader.

“There has been a failure of leadership. Our children whom you represent today have been betrayed,” he said.
http://www.punchng.com/news/jonathan-doesnt-deserve-re-election-soyinka/


A word to the wise is sufficient.

Please vote wisely, vote for the future of your children , vote wisely

#whyarethechibokgirlsstillmissing
#Everychildmatters
#Nigeriacannotcontinuelikethis

coogar:
the economist nails what i have been singing for aeons.

goodbye jonathan!
may the gods of otuoke be with you as you paddle your canoe back to your hamlet

lol

Collynzo9:
Let them stop deceiving themselves, Buhari wasn't just a dictator, he was also a failed head of state.
What problem can Buhari beat his chest and say he solved in his tenure?
Their criticism of Mr. President is heavily centered around boko haram, how is Buhari (who insisted that Boko haram members should be pampered like ND militants and that killing them is anti-north) supposed to be the solution?

In all that you have read you did not see the part where they mentioned corruption. I bet you are a beneficiary of the corrupt practices of this govertment.

ApexTitan:
The Economist is one of my favourite newspapers and is widely respected abroad however I have to disagree with them on this occasion. The article assumes that all Nigerians have forgiven Buhari's past. The article also hasn't been intimated on the plans that Buhari has proposed for Nigeria.

No candidate with the kind of human rights record that Buhari has will stand election in any western country let alone receive endorsement from the press. It's only in Africa(once referred to as dark continent, the jungle) where past dictators can receive endorsement from western media houses.

Jonathan has been a dissappointment in many areas but to return to Buhari, who has a terrible history of oppression and till today who is himself unapologetic about his past, is an insult to our democracy.

Perhaps if we had another credible candidate, we would have taken. As it stands, anyone but Jonathan is okay for us. If cannot do it in 6 years, then he can't do it in 4 years. Should we continue in mediocrity? Let's give someone else a chance.

englishmart:
the devil you know is better than the angel you don't know

Don't you think it's better to stake a chance with the angel?The devil will always be evil in its ways.Just generally speaking.

Myself2:
Rubbish write up loaded with half truths and outright lies.
Well,shame on you ignorant economist,Nigerians want continuity of transformation nand not dictatorship,go and wish dictatorship(by a clueless tyrant) for your own country.
Shame on you and your evil collaborators that fed you with such lies as the audit report of pricewaterhouse coopers is out and no $20 billion was ever missing

I wonder why APC hypocrites and criminals had stuck with the false $20 billion figure,when the rabble rousing Sanusi Lamido that started the whole lie in the first place had long come out to say HE WAS WRONG THAT IT WAS NOT $20 billion,but $10 billion,thankfully the figure has now been established to be $1.48 billion which was a problem of reconciliation

Shame on you APC lot,God pass una and MB will never be president,yes Muhammadu Buhari will NEVER be president.

The greater shame is on you. Should it matter how much was stolen? Why not investigate the allegation before the man was sacked? Money has been stole and there should have been purninshments. Where are the perpetrators? I bet nothing will happen to them as ususal. Yeye dey smell

and who said the president has failed... mtcheew

ApexTitan:
While I don't agree with The Economist's endorsement of Buhari it has to be stated that the newspaper has taken sides in several other elections in different countries. There is nothing wrong in that. They like every entity out there is free to support or oppose whoever they see fit, being an economist doesn't stop them from this nor are they mandated to stay neutral in all matters.

Endorsement! Yea! That's my point, such that he didn't make the positive one count but the negative, now i m not against him supporting whoever he wants to, but he doesn't have to make it look like he's got the perfect point of view and everyone has to take it. Being an economist is way more than just the managerial index and he of all should know better especially because it involves the country's economy instead of looking the other way. His dissenting opinion doesn't make him a patriot but a seditious antagonist.

gbl01:
No disrespect, But if the West has left Syria, Iraq and Libya alone, less people would have died, ISIS would never had started, Libya would still be well governed, Iraq would have been stable, Syria would have been in peace. I've come to believe the West always have a way of crumbling growing countries, they crushed USSR and lately hacking of Merkel's phone wasnt for anything good They pushed even UN to do their bidding, attack innocent people because they want to bring the presidents down. Its Ok, Let the west help tune how Nigerians decide, let Buhari win- Same slavery!

My point is, Leave Nigerians to decide how they want to be govern- I think majority even want Buhari, stop fueling tensions. There's so much you're not privy to. GEJ is a failure and GMB might be worse or better-its important to try but... Let the West keep sealed lips! the loots are deposited in their banks-they'll never speak of them, the economist will never see those loots; so who supply the Boko Haram weapons? where they they buy them from? Time shall probably heal or unveil more wounds

What a moronic statement.

The way the West left Rwanda alone led to them throwing flowers at and kissing each other for 100 days?

The way the West left Saddam alone in Halabja led to many people having their asthma cured?

ROSSIKE:
They are wrong. Just because they say something.....are they your God? Or you don't have your own brain to know that nothing gets better in Nigeria unless someone makes it so? Despite ko, despite ni,

You are a cretinous fuuktard.

Did you pull that from your arsse?

maestroferddi:
The collective pronoun "we" as used is nebulous to say the least.

Was The Economist editorialising on the election or was this piece sponsored by some funny elements?

This piece, replete with inaccuracies, is a fraction too patronising. I really wonder what some people are thinking when they believe they can administer prescriptions on an ailment without conducting due diagnoses.

What inaccuracies did you spot there?

tbaba1234:
Balanced piece

u cudnt have said it much better. so so balanced!
wish i cud read more after all.

thats wat m talking about!

Sagamite:
What inaccuracies did you spot there?

he is an idiot joor. pay him no mind jare

the view on there is balanced. not for. not against. its like 'whomever'. vote

Alfranco:
The publication is part of the ploy of the international community and unsuspecting local collaborators to make sure current government or development strides aimed at Nigeria's economic independence/ industrial development is checked. The current govt/GEJ must go for them to achieve their ulterior motives.

You are a cretinous fuuktard.

What development?

And how is the development dependent on Retardeen?

tbaba1234:
The least awful
A former dictator is a better choice than a failed president

SOMETIMES there are no good options. Nigeria goes to the polls on February 14th to elect the next president, who will face problems so large—from rampant corruption to a jihadist insurgency—that they could break the country apart, with dire consequences for Nigerians and the world.

And yet, as Africa’s biggest economy stages its most important election since the restoration of civilian rule in 1999, and perhaps since the civil war four decades ago, Nigerians must pick between the incumbent, Goodluck Jonathan, who has proved an utter failure, and the opposition leader, Muhammadu Buhari, a former military dictator with blood on his hands (see article). The candidates stand as symbols of a broken political system that makes all Nigeria’s problems even more intractable.

Start with Mr Jonathan, whose People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has run the country since 1999 and who stumbled into the presidency on the death of his predecessor in 2010. The PDP’s reign has been a sorry one. Mr Jonathan has shown little willingness to tackle endemic corruption. When the governor of the central bank reported that $20 billion had been stolen, his reward was to be sacked.

Worse, on Mr Jonathan’s watch much of the north of the country has been in flames. About 18,000 people have died in political violence in recent years, thousands of them in January in several brutal attacks by Boko Haram, a jihadist group that claims to have established its “caliphate” in territory as large as Belgium. Another 1.5m people have fled their homes. The insurgency is far from Mr Jonathan’s southern political heartland and afflicts people more likely to vote for the opposition. He has shown little enthusiasm for tackling it, and even less competence. Quick to offer condolences to France after the attack on Charlie Hedbo, Mr Jonathan waited almost two weeks before speaking up about a Boko Haram attack that killed hundreds, perhaps thousands, of his compatriots.

The single bright spot of his rule has been Nigeria’s economy, one of the world’s fastest-growing. Yet that is largely despite the government rather than because of it, and falling oil prices will temper the boom. The prosperity has not been broadly shared: under Mr Jonathan poverty has increased. Nigerians typically die eight years younger than their poorer neighbours in nearby Ghana.

Goodbye Jonathan
Voters have ample cause to send Mr Jonathan packing. In a country where power has often changed through the barrel of a gun, the opposition All Progressives Congress has a real chance of winning through the ballot box. Yet its candidate, Mr Buhari, is an ex-general who, three decades ago, came to power in a coup. His rule was nasty, brutish and mercifully short. Declaring a “war against indiscipline”, he ordered whip-wielding soldiers to ensure that Nigerians formed orderly queues. His economics, known as Buharism, was destructive. Instead of letting the currency depreciate in the face of a trade deficit, he tried to fix prices and ban “unnecessary” imports. He expelled 700,000 migrants in the delusion that this would create jobs for Nigerians. He banned political meetings and free speech. He detained thousands, used secret tribunals and executed people for crimes that were not capital offences.

Should a former dictator with such a record be offered another chance? Surprisingly, many Nigerians think he should. One reason is that, in a country where ministers routinely wear wristwatches worth many times their annual salary, Mr Buhari is a sandal-wearing ascetic with a record of fighting corruption. Few nowadays question his commitment to democracy or expect him to turn autocratic: he has repeatedly stood for election and accepted the outcome when he lost. He would probably do a better job of running the country, and in particular of tackling Boko Haram. As a northerner and Muslim, he will have greater legitimacy among villagers whose help he will need to isolate the insurgents. As a military man, he is more likely to win the respect of a demoralised army.

We are relieved not to have a vote in this election. But were we offered one we would—with a heavy heart—choose Mr Buhari. Mr Jonathan risks presiding over Nigeria’s bloody fragmentation. If Mr Buhari can save Nigeria, history might even be kind to him.

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21642168-former-dictator-better-choice-failed-president-least-awful

If buhari government put Nigeria on a good economic road why did general IBB remove him by a coup.

According to Ibb, "it became necessary to stop the nation from impending economic catastrophy."

If he could not do it when no one could ask him what are you doing. Why do you think he can when more than 150 million Nigerians are asking questions?

Buhari is no option.

ApexTitan:
The Economist is one of my favourite newspapers and is widely respected abroad however I have to disagree with them on this occasion. The article assumes that all Nigerians have forgiven Buhari's past. The article also hasn't been intimated on the plans that Buhari has proposed for Nigeria.

No candidate with the kind of human rights record that Buhari has will stand election in any western country let alone receive endorsement from the press. It's only in Africa(once referred to as dark continent, the jungle) where past dictators can receive endorsement from western media houses.

Jonathan has been a dissappointment in many areas but to return to Buhari, who has a terrible history of oppression and till today who is himself unapologetic about his past, is an insult to our democracy.

For them to go for Buhari, tells you how bad the clueless Retardeen is.

That is akin to selecting Asad over ISIS, after all Asad has done. The far less bad of 2 poor choices.

In all countries in the world outside Africa, the man GEJ is seen as a complete fooooool.

Everything was in the wikileaks about Nigeria. That was confidential material that we were never suppose to know about or see, so no one can say anything was said to be used as propaganda.

Some of the things revealed by wikileaks was:

1) The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff said the VP, i.e. Retardeen, was a very simple man that was easily influenced.

2) The American Ambassador said that Retardeen has an underwhelming personality and his previous performance is worrying.

3) When Retardeen was Governor of Bayelsa state during the time of the ND militants, he was regarded by the Americans as "weak and out of the loop".

4) A Shell employee stated that having met Retardeen when he was Governor, Retardeen revealed that his life has been threatened by ND militants. The contact Shell employee's assessment of Retardeen was that Retardeen was clearly out of his depth.

5) The American Ambassador called Retardeen a "corrupt and ineffective state governor". He also said the baggage that Jonathan will carry with him into State House includes "past reports of corruption, political thuggery, and payments to militant factions".

6) Another leak said Shepopotamus Patience Jonathan runs her own show and Retardeen has little or no control over her, stressing that she has a more forceful personality than the husband.

Can you tell me which part of these Retardeen's actions has proven to be wrong?

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Myself2:
Rubbish write up loaded with half truths and outright lies.
Well,shame on you ignorant economist,Nigerians want continuity of transformation nand not dictatorship,go and wish dictatorship(by a clueless tyrant) for your own country.
Shame on you and your evil collaborators that fed you with such lies as the audit report of pricewaterhouse coopers is out and no $20 billion was ever missing

I wonder why APC hypocrites and criminals had stuck with the false $20 billion figure,when the rabble rousing Sanusi Lamido that started the whole lie in the first place had long come out to say HE WAS WRONG THAT IT WAS NOT $20 billion,but $10 billion,thankfully the figure has now been established to be $1.48 billion which was a problem of reconciliation

Shame on you APC lot,God pass una and MB will never be president,yes Muhammadu Buhari will NEVER be president.

You are a cretinous fuuktard!

So you are saying NNPC's accountants are so retarded, they missed $1.48bn in their reconciliation?

nawahoo:
The greater shame is on you. Should it matter how much was stolen? Why not investigate the allegation before the man was sacked? Money has been stole and there should have been purninshments. Where are the perpetrators? I bet nothing will happen to them as ususal. Yeye dey smell

Don't mind the fuuktard.

$1.48bn in a country with an annual budget of $36bn is just a small problem of reconciliation.

This is an example of the kind of fuuktards with the right to vote in Nigeria.

jdilight:
If buhari government put Nigeria on a good economic road why did general IBB remove him by a coup.

According to Ibb, "it became necessary to stop the nation from impending economic catastrophy."

If he could not do it when no one could ask him what are you doing. Why do you think he can when more than 150 million Nigerians are asking questions?

Buhari is no option.

You are a cretinous fuuktard.

So your evidence of Buhari's poor performance is that IBB chose to do a coup?

Look at the reasoning of a product of a Patience Jonathan-run education system.

Sagamite:
What a moronic statement.

The way the West left Rwanda alone led to them throwing flowers at and kissing each other for 100 days?

The way the West left Saddam alone in Halabja led to many people having their asthma cured?

I understand all your responses to everybody have to be insults when they dont reason in sync with your thoughts. I apologize for quoting you. I was only trying to give my own opinion. Thank you and have a nice day!

People are entitled to their opinion (even if contrary to your own ideas) and its never right to insult them for their line of thought.

OrlandoOwoh:
How has Jonathan's "uplifting our economy" helped the ordinary man on the street? Are you better off today than six years ago?

YES. And just because YOU are worse off today does not mean other Nigerians are. Go and hustle and stop blaming Jonathan for your failure.