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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), has entered into a covenant with Nigerians highlighting his plan to tackle the challenges currently facing the country, including a Marshall Plan on the Boko Haram insurgency and insecurity.

In a document released on Monday titled ‘My Covenant With Nigerians’, the former military head of state unfolded his agenda for Nigeria and how his party intends to bring about a change in the country if elected into office.

He said what was required to revamp the Nigerian economy and rebuild the country was the party’s ability to galvanise all the citizens to believe once again in their government, in their country and especially in themselves.

Buhari committed to leading with integrity and honour, and committed himself totally to everything that is of concern to Nigerians: security, employment, health, education and good governance, among other issues.

One of the steps Buhari vowed he would undertake to deal with in governance is by publicly declaring his assets and liabilities and to encourage his political appointees to do the same.

He explained that his strategy for tackling corruption would not only focus on punishment but would also provide incentives for disclosure and transparency.

“I will show personal leadership in the war against corruption and also hold all the people who work with me to account and inaugurate the National Council on Procurement as stipulated in the Procurement Act so that the Federal Executive Council, which has been turned to a weekly session of contract bazaars, will concentrate on its principal function of policy making,” he said.

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Gmb your on your own.... No be only convenant..mtchew

It would've been a good idea voting you but you haven't shown any seriousness in ruling this country, GMB.

If you have the best plans for the country, your team would've been made up of saints and good hearted people.

These people you parade yourself with are thieves, liars, corruption and angry politicians.

We don't want to be ruled by past cabal and their hunger for power. Especially the brown-toothed man from God-knows-where.

Sir, try and coach a young man who will have the same mindset as you're telling us you have and let him come out for president. We will gladly vote for him.

We're only refusing to be deceived, stolen from, deprived of our right to speak out and feel free to walk in our streets.

U have no agenda... We know wat u are cable of this foolish old man.. U will be put to shame, sooner or later, all ur bokoharam solider will be eradicated from our beloved country.. And the nemesis of all ur evil act during ur leadship as the military head of state will live with u and ur Children's Children. All ur supporter have failed to face the truth abt ur past record b/c of there own selfish interest. God help us.

Long Live the Youth,
Long Live Nigeria.

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Vote the man with a plan and the political will to get it done. Sai Buhari/Osinbajo

VickJames:
It would've been a good idea voting you but you haven't shown any seriousness in ruling this country, GMB.

If you have the best plans for the country, your team would've been made up of saints and good hearted people.

Don't expect Buhari to import Foreigners or Aliens to be members of APC. Only Nigerians can Change Nigeria. What we need is a leader who is willing to do what is right and setup a system that fights corruption in a fair and transparent manner. A leader who leads in justice, equity and fairness.

Apart from the corrupt and those who do not wish to obey the constitution, who else is afraid of Buhari - None.

Things Must be Better in Nigeria. #Change.

He explained that his strategy for
tackling corruption would not only
focus on punishment but would also
provide incentives for disclosure and
transparency.

We are counting on you sir. I'm positive that no matter the difficulties you face in office, your administration cannot be half as terrible as that of Goodluck Jonathan.

Buhari is our next president by God's grace

VickJames:
It would've been a good idea voting you but you haven't shown any seriousness in ruling this country, GMB.

If you have the best plans for the country, your team would've been made up of saints and good hearted people.

These people you parade yourself with are thieves, liars, corruption and angry politicians.

We don't want to be ruled by past cabal and their hunger for power. Especially the brown-toothed man from God-knows-where.

Sir, try and coach a young man who will have the same mindset as you're telling us you have and let him come out for president. We will gladly vote for him.

We're only refusing to be deceived, stolen from, deprived of our right to speak out and feel free to walk in our streets.

d truth is dere is no saint anywhr. Dz election is a matter of choosing d lesser evil. Politics gives room for d good, d bad and d ugly. To wrestle power frm a party dah hz been in power for 16yrs no be beans my brother, he needs dz pple. Am voting for GMB nd nt tinubu nd I expect pple to knw dah GMB cant be a stooge to anybody. He's a boss of hz own. Tinubu might be corrupt buh av u eva wondered d reason GMB seems to av more support in d south dz tym? Its because of tinubu. He actually needs hz clouth to win dz election.

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Understanding Buhari in 100 Days, By Oche Joseph Otorkpa

Premium TimesAugust 31, 2015 Understanding Buhari in 100 Days, By Oche Joseph Otorkpa2015-08-31T21:03:23+00:00Opinion Comment



It was Joseph B. Wirthlin who said, “Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning”. This quote sums up the the attempt by a presidential media aide, Mallam Garba Shehu to further deceive Nigerians into believing anything meaningful has taken place in the last 100 days.

Like Steven Covey puts it, the more people rationalise cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too.

It very regrettable that the same people who told Nigerians that they will generate 20,000 Megawatts of electricity in four years are turning around to not only disown the promise as a road map, but are now claiming they knew nothing about the contract document that almost certainly brought them into office.

Before the presidential elections, Buhari and APC had accused their opponents severally of not declaring their assets publicly, and went on to pledge that not only will their Presidential candidate declare his assets publicly, he will encourage his appointees to do so as a “Pre- condition” for their appointment into office. Unfortunately, it never happened! Buhari and “Pastor” Osinbajo till date are yet to fulfill these simple promise they made to Nigerians.

Even the new NNPC boss who attempted to make his declaration public was quickly whipped into line.

The claim by Mr. Femi Adesina that the promise to declare assets publicly was made by the APC and not General Buhari clearly shows that he lacks the mental capacity to do what he was employed to do, because if he does, he would have come to the conclusion that under the Electoral Act 2011 as amended there is no provision for independent candidacy.

On Boko Haram, Nigerians do not need to peruse any document, General Buhari himself promised to end the Boko Haram insurgency within two weeks if elected President, even though he had eight weeks to fine-tune his strategy, he has so far failed to deliver, 14 weeks after coming to office.

Within Buhari’s 100 days in office over 2000 innocent Nigerians have perished in the hands of Boko Haram insurgents. Under the former administration, APC members and sympathisers shamefully celebrated every attack and loss of life on social media “showering” insults at will on our soldiers.

Despite the huge sacrifices our brothers and sisters in the armed forces were making Mallam Nasiru El-rufai and his clan led an onslaught against them and their families describing them as “Jonathanian”, unfortunately these are the same men and women they are now pleading with to save them from disgrace and embarrassment.

Rather than hiding under some mischievous excuse, the President and his team must accept the fact that they have failed to deliver on this promise.

Running a government on “Body Language” when citizens are neither deaf or dumb is a style that is alien to virtually all Nigerians, the country does not need a leader that hardly ever communicates with citizens or a leader who goes into hibernation at the slightest opportunity, the last kingdom to be ruled using “Body Language” was probably the Manyakhetas of India who were ruled by Rashtrakutan dynasty from 753-982 AD. It is therefore out of place for Shehu to subject citizens in the 21st century to body language lectures instead of telling them what the government has done in plain language.

The recent revelation by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, that the recent improvement in electricity was as a result of earlier steps taken by the Jonathan administration has rubbished the false claims of Shehu and the APC that Buhari’s body language was responsible for the improvement in power supply.

On relations with our neighbour’s, one must not fail to state the fact that when the then president of Nigeria sought help from our neighbour’s in the fight against insurgents; the APC and General Buhari himself described the action as a big disgrace while Mallam Nasiru El-rufai described Jonathan’s visit to Chad’s as a meeting to strategise on how to plan more attacks on citizens. Interestingly, the first country General Buhari visited on assumption of office was Chad where he sought the assistance and cooperation of that country in the fight against insurgents like Jonathan before him.

These is the kind of hypocrisy and deception that must be condemned by all those who wish this nation well.

Rice importation or production has nothing to do with the Buhari Administration as falsely claimed by Shehu in his article. The agricultural strides of Nigeria under the leadership of the current African Development Bank chief, Dr. Adesina is widely celebrated and documented despite attempts by the APC and their cohorts to rubbish it, even a village farmer knows that it takes an average of four months to plant and harvest the best variety of rice. This desperate attempt to appropriate another man’s achievements is part of the corruption that Nigeria must eradicate

Although I am from the North, I do not support the systematic emasculation of other sections of the country as presently being practised by the Buhari administration, neither am I in support of the gradual de-capitation of INEC and all the ingredients that makes it independent.

As Nigerians we must be objective, people like Shehu must see beyond their next pay slip, while all those who chanted change must see beyond party sentiments, ethnic or religious affiliations and stand for the truth even when it hurts.

May God continue to Bless Nigeria and Nigerians.

Oche Joseph Otorkpa is Publisher Tsuntsu Hausa Newspaper and writes from Abuja.

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