₦airaland Forum

I am not a politician, but I am a
friend of General Muhammadu
Buhari and the things that have
been said about this exceptional
Nigerian will make the stomach of
anyone who truly knows him sour.
Nigerians cannot stand up to him
when it comes to character and
integrity. It therefore appalls me
when people whose only credentials
are that the Economic and
Financial Crimes, Commission
(EFCC) has stopped chasing them
around because they know how to
double speak now have the
audacity and effrontery to question
the character of a man like General
Buhari.
I do not make a joke of it when I
say General Buhari is an
exceptional Nigerian and an
incident which I want to share here
with Nigerians gave me that
conviction a long time ago and
greatly influenced my own life as a
public servant.
I lived in the United Kingdom in
the 90s and in the late 90s I was
encouraged to return to Nigeria by
my friend General Buhari. It also
coincides with when he was
Chairman of the Petroleum Trust
Fund (PTF). I used to spend most of
my time in Nigeria with him and
his family and I noticed that his
two grown daughters who were
undergraduates at the Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria, were always
at home because of the unending
strikes in Nigerian universities at
the time.
I did not like the situation so on
one of my visits I got the prospectus
and brochures of some educational
institutions in the United Kingdom
and decided to encourage him to
send these kids to institutions in
the UK, where they could school
without interruption.
Because of how busy he was at the
time, it sometimes took days to find
a moment alone with him, so I
finally did find a moment alone
with him, and I brought up the
issue of his kids always being at
home on strike and suggested his
sending them to the U.K to school. I
quickly brought out the brochures
and prospectus and I believed I
made a very strong case.
He then asked me what the cost would
be and thinking the cost would not be
an issue since I was speaking with the
head of one of the most powerful and
richest institutions in the country at
the time (as well as a former Head of
State of Nigeria), I boldly opened the
cost pages of the brochures and tried
to work out the cost to him.
What he said at the time stunned me.
General turned to me and asked me
where I expected him to get that kind
of money and I could not believe the
question as I am sure many Nigerians
will not believe. First, I could not
believe that as PTF chairman, he
would find the school fees an issue.
Afterall, he was presiding over what
was unarguably the richest public
institution in the country at the time
and others in his shoes would have
found a way to “afford” it from their
public offices. But not General Buhari.
What he did at the time made me see
him as an exceptional Nigerian and
you are all free to confirm or verify
this. General Buhari sold the only
property he owned in Victoria Island
at the time and it was with that fund
that he sent his kids to school.
I do not know of many Nigerians
who as PTF Chairman would have
done what he did and, from then
on, General Muhammadu Buhari
became my hero and the epitome of
integrity and honesty in public
office to me.
The General Buhari I know will
never come out to claim a
qualification he does not possess
and for charlatans and people of
questionable character to call for
his arrest for forgery is a great
insult to honesty itself. I know that
Nigeria has become a country
where anything goes, but insulting
our heroes because of politics
should not be one of them.
This is just one instance, as there
are several instances that I can cite
here, but time and space will not
permit me.
So, let’s put politics aside and
celebrate our heroes, because I do
not know of any man of greater
integrity than General
Muhammadu Buhari (GMB

Tell me more !!!

Ok Na

Let's watch and see

Next four years will tell.

GMB------change in progress

God bless GMB. He is our Hero

Many parent did that and more ...Nexp pls

Chie !!! Some people saving lie well well

Buhari will make a best president

Danielstainz:
Many parent did that and more ...Nexp pls

Ur own parent sold ur Fut** to drink akamu

Then you sold your brain APC to turn real zombie

Now, its the turn of Nigerians to sell their properties and send their children to school

Heroes or what did I see?
No response, Buhari matter is already settled.
2015 - ?
Failed government. Simple.

You are right, after all we are all aware he sold one of his properties to buy Yusuf a fresh graduate with no job 57million naira bike. Continue.