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..who's afraid of Buhari?? Rubbish!!!!

President of West Africa maybe, but not Africa, other African countries have left us behind.

agarawu23:
but we didnt receive the glory while gej was in power. Am I missing something?

The only thing u r missing is ur brain!

Use it

IYANGBALI:
eyaa you don come back from biafra?he be like say you go still go back o

I am shocked by your magnanimous display of foolishness!! Go read all of my post and see if I've ever mentioned Biafra!!! Olodo, you just made it obvious that you are a miscalculated creature!!!

ChappyChase:
And did Buhari contribute to the success of any of those refineries? The answer is NO!! He is just taking the glory.... We still dey wait for him cabinets oo,,

If you know a little about our history, you would have known PMB was instrumental in building our refineries.

There is no taking of any glory, he still has the glory of building the refineries you are talking about.

ChappyChase:
In the eyes of a mad man, all normal human are "mad"!
So I feel your stupidity and I understand immutable illiteracy!! Now gerara hia for real mehn!!!

your god fuc'ked up big time, that's why he is hiding his head in shame.
continue waiting for your illiterate Tonye, something you can even do yourself. but i guess you are also illiterate too. analyze the said writeup and point where you think is wrong. and stop waiting for Tonye

bt i dnt undstnd d picture u posted and how is related to the topic and article

owobokiri:
A prehistoric political dinosaur from the most conservative-illiterate part of Africa obviously lacks the cerebral gravitas to become the beacon of change and the driver of modernization in Africa.. The whole of Africa is not as dumb as you think, my good friend midolian.. A man who derided ministers as some inconsequential "noise makers" belongs to the days of Ovaranwen and has nothing whatsoever to do with running a modern economy.

Point of correction Mr. grammarian,According to Oxford Advanced learner's Dictionary,"An illiterate is someone who can either read or write".
Perhaps, you can clarify these trending for me then
Who help PMB delivered his Inauguration speech?
Who delivered the speech at UN 70th General Assembly?
I advice you go back to school and start from the preliminary stage

An article written by someone who was fed the gibberish being circulated in the Nigerian media,and swallowed it hook,line and sinker just like some APC supporters do. How can any reasonable human being who claims to be educated and has brains,believe that the port-harcourt refinery has not refined a single drop of oil in the last 15 yrs,but has suddenly started refining oil under buhari? Do you guys understand the technicalities involved in crude oil refining? This is a propaganda taken too far. The moment I read this nonsense,I lost interest in the article. Yes,I want Nigeria to be great irrespective of whoever leads us(whether or not the candidate was my choice). However,I wouldn't sit down and read this type of nonsense and swallow it like an uneducated slowpoke. I'm not configured to be an idiot. There is a difference between hype and lies. This one here,is a blatant lie.

billyG:
Wow!Woow!!D wailing Dogs hav started wailing.Midolian let d sleeping doggs lie,Bikonu!

In my hood, na light constant pass...

I iron clothes when I wanna wear them now, not for the week..

vikyno:
It’s now September 2015, only months since President Buhari took over. The national electricity utility, the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), which was never known to supply electricity for more than 2-3 hours a day is now consistently powering the cities for 20+ hours.


Lying Lyiers don scam this writer. Abeg for which city in Nigeria do they have 20+ hours of light a day? Haba!! The lies too much na. Even Senators were forced to close their probe of the power sector because of power outage .

HARDDON:
The only thing u r missing is ur brain!

Use it

ChappyChase:
I am shocked by your magnanimous display of foolishness!! Go read all of my post and see if I've ever mentioned Biafra!!! Olodo, you just made it obvious that you are a miscalculated creature!!!

kedu kime,dalu,nno,welcome

FreeGlobe:
The. fear of buhari has not stopped Nigeria from sliding into recession under buhari, it has not stopped corruption, it has not stopped boko haram, it has not returned chibok girls, it has not produced the 5000 naira buhari produced poor Nigerians like his zombies midolian and agarawu23, it has not stopped kidnapping. No change.

Nigeria isn't in recession. Corrupt people and organizations(like NNPC and Customs) are scared out of their pants, like the "sick" former minister for petroleum. Corrupt politicians are now suddenly concerned that "they didn't properly fill their declaration of assets" when the third most powerful man is standing trial and the terrorists are being given a run for their money, all in just four months. Sorry but it's no longer business as usual.

A typical wailer.
Is it possible for a true wailer to wail without insulting?

It's obvious you are wailing back to the ice age as Nigeria moves to the Golden age of greatness.

ChappyChase:
Of cause we're on the move back to stone age with this bunch of mumu leader!!!! And congratulations to you cause you will now be giving the chance to see your fore fathers!!! Olodo... My fellow wailers, let's wail this "dullers" back to reality!!

agarawu23:

AgarawuAgarawu, they say names pattern behavours,
What is d meaning of that?

Agarawu

teamchocolate:
In my hood, na light constant pass...
I iron clothes when I wanna wear them now, not for the week..

and where is your hood that get 20+ hours of power everyday?

abduljabbar4:
Tribalist. Go and get a life

YOU AND THE OP ARE WHAT WE CALL MUFU: MUMU + FOOL. THE OP PUT ON HIS THREAD THE PICTURE OF AN EMIR ON A HORSE AND BASED HIS THREAD ON THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT WHO, WITH THE EMIR ARE MEMBERS OF THE SAME TRIBE, IS THE BEST THING FOR GOVERNANCE IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE FRIED EGG AND BREAD( MAISHAI). IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE OP IS A SLAVE TO THE HAUSA/ FULANI TRIBE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER, AND EVEN ARE THE OWNERS FOR THE CLOTHES ON HIS BACK AND OFFER HIM UPKEEP ALLOWANCE. MAYBE YOU AND HIM ARE COLLEAGUES. RUBBISH!

midolian:
“If Nigeria moves, then Africa moves. If not, then we must wait”. True? Seems like it.
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The Katsina Durbar, a parade of the Emir and his entourage on horseback that draws visitors from miles around. Nigeria is on the move, and Nigeria moves Africa. (Photo/File).

“IF Nigeria moves, then Africa moves. If not, then we must wait.”

I don’t remember where I first read that, but as a Kenyan I could never find a good reason to agree with it. That’s until I begun to interact closely with Nigeria. Over the past two years I have been a part of the Vecna Cares team that is working on designing and implementing an electronic health records tech tool for low resource settings in several Nigerian states.

I am just concluding my second trip to Nigeria in two years. The first time out, I spent all my time in Abuja and the outskirts of the FCT (Federal Capital Territory). This second time, I swam in the belly of the monster, venturing to some of the smaller rural towns of Ondo State, and then wound up my trip in Lekki area of Lagos. 

I have changed my stance. There’s no doubt in my mind that Nigeria moves Africa.

This is a huge country. The number that I was operating on when I first arrived was 140 million people strong. But having spoken to a few people here and seen it for myself, I dare say that we should be pegging that number at about 190 million if not 200 million. One of the most mind-boggling statistics that I heard is that Nigeria now has 120 million active cell phone users.

I am here shortly after an election that saw a former military dictator win by a landslide. Think about that for a minute. Where else in the world would such a sentence be written, read out aloud and make sense? 

It is said that during President Buhari’s first stint as leader of Nigeria, back in the 80s, Lagos was a hub for drug trafficking. Upon his assumption of command he decreed that drug trafficking would from then on be a capital offence. 

Then he backdated the law and declared that all those that were in jail having been convicted for it would now be executed. Nigerians watched the public executions one after the other in utter shock. Needless to say the drug trade ground to a screeching halt, or so the story goes.

His was a no-nonsense regime, they say. He did not tolerate theft. He threw people in jail for mere suspicion of theft.  When he left the throne, the weeds soon returned.

Sheriff back in town

Fast forward to 2015 and the sheriff is back in town.

It’s now September 2015, only months since President Buhari took over. The national electricity utility, the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), which was never known to supply electricity for more than 2-3 hours a day is now consistently powering the cities for 20+ hours.

Port Harcourt petroleum refinery that had not refined even a litre of petrol over the last 15 years is now pumping hard, and Warri and other refineries are about to come back online. “To the best of my knowledge,” my host says, “there’s been no extra funding, technical assistance, or anything new given. This is happening because of the fear of Buhari.”

The fear of Buhari. What a wonderful phrase. Who would’ve thought that a president who wins a landslide election victory would be termed as being fearsome.

Still, I cannot find anything to disagree with this view. President Buhari has not even named his cabinet and all these things are happening. The terror group Boko Haram which was advancing southwestwards into the country is now said to be just months, maybe weeks, from being snuffed out. How is it that Nigeria is now winning a war that it was steadily losing for almost five years?

As I write this, the sitting Nigerian Senate President, a key member of the President’s party and one of Nigeria’s most powerful men, is facing trial for false declaration of assets. His trial is being broadcast live all over the country. No matter the outcome of this process, the message is that there are no sacred cows in Nigeria.

Waiting for Buhari

Since their election, none of the state governors have named their cabinets either. They are all waiting for President Buhari to set the tone, and then they will align. It is expected that some of the best performing governors who couldn’t stand for election by a two-term limit rule are competing to be in President Buhari’s cabinet. 

I never thought I would write such a thing when I came here. That governors in Nigeria would be angling for a cabinet position using their excellent past performance as credentials, in order to get to do even more transformative things on the national stage. Confusing, I know, in a continent where people just do a smash-and-grab on power.

“A governor in his state is more powerful than the President of Nigeria in the whole of Nigeria,” declares my host. So why would a person with near absolute authority feel the need to compete at all? It’s a sign of an emerging meritocracy, which the cynics had long-said was impossible in Nigeria.

Times have changed here. Nigeria has managed over the past few years to create a demand for more accountability, more thinking, more prosperity. It’s why the former president Goodluck Jonathan had no chance in his re-election bid. He has sunk into mediocrity, become out of touch and got comfortable. He didn’t take any decisive action against Boko Haram until six weeks before the election. The people saw through this.

Now, of course not everything is rosy. It is now emerging that former president Goodluck Jonathan withdrew almost $300M is cash from the Nigerian National Bank just as Nigerians went to the polls. 

Many of the governors who have taken office have complained bitterly that the bank accounts of their states are empty having been looted heavily just before their election.  As a result some states have seen industrial action by state workers as they have been unable to pay salaries, and many have gone home with empty pockets.

There’s blatant and open corruption everywhere you see somebody wearing a uniform. Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos is a shakedown experience like none you have ever seen. 

The check-in counter guy will shake you down, the civil aviation authority official issuing directions will shake you down, immigration people will bleed you dry and the the customs people will eat your bones. Then you will go to the loo and the cleaning lady will ask you to leave her “something for the weekend.”

Still, there’s a lot of fresh air in this country. A renewed expression of critical thinking, innovation and commitment to public service. Of course nobody knows how things will turn out over the course of this presidency but one thing is for sure Nigeria is on the move and the rest of Africa is likely to benefit.

The fear of Buhari. Long may it continue.

http://m.mgafrica.com/article/2015-09-28-the-fear-of-buhari-whips-nigeria-into-shape/

Lalasticlala

So phcn made buhari their chief engineer. ok.

hinwazaka:
YOU AND THE OP ARE WHAT WE CALL MUFU: MUMU + FOOL. THE OP PUT ON HIS THREAD THE PICTURE OF AN EMIR ON A HORSE AND BASED HIS THREAD ON THE FACT THAT THE PRESIDENT WHO, WITH THE EMIR ARE MEMBERS OF THE SAME TRIBE, IS THE BEST THING FOR GOVERNANCE IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE FRIED EGG AND BREAD( MAISHAI). IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE OP IS A SLAVE TO THE HAUSA/ FULANI TRIBE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER, AND EVEN ARE THE OWNERS FOR THE CLOTHES ON HIS BACK AND OFFER HIM UPKEEP ALLOWANCE. MAYBE YOU AND HIM ARE COLLEAGUES. RUBBISH!

Mr hinwazaka, what have I done wrong again? Why won't you stop attacking me?

Boko haram daily victims surely don't agree with you neither do many people living in darkness
agrees with this writer.
One of the core problems of Nigeria is extreme selfishness of the citizens.
If 10% of a town experience improved electricity , they will blow the trumpet
and try to shout down anyone who complains,

HARDDON:
AgarawuAgarawu, they say names pattern behavours,
What is d meaning of that?

Agarawu

[size=18pt]Fear of which Buhari?.....Abeg make I hear word!!....The Nigerians I know only fear God[/size]

Somewhere in Lagos...

vikyno:
and where is your hood that get 20+ hours of power everyday?

May almighty Allah bless our president and the Federal Republic of Nigeria

agarawu23:
[s][/s] only enemy of progress will not notice the changes in Nigeria.

When will you guys start telling ppl the truth ?

Which change cos my area na darkness I dey see everyday

owobokiri:
A prehistoric political dinosaur from the most conservative-illiterate part of Africa obviously lacks the cerebral gravitas to become the beacon of change and the driver of modernization in Africa.. The whole of Africa is not as dumb as you think, my good friend midolian.. A man who derided ministers as some inconsequential "noise makers" belongs to the days of Ovaranwen and has nothing whatsoever to do with running a modern economy.

trash! Jesus was born in a manger, most of the worlds great were nobody in the area they made great marks. No rule says to be a great leader you must be first class. All our first class brains ve failed Nigeria at various level of leadership and God need no permission from you to decide to raise Pmb even if he is a dunce to take us to the next level. A million your type cannot change it neither can you change Gods favour on him. We just love him even if he can't read and write, next election we are still going to vote him or whoever he anoint. A man with conscience is far a better leader than a bunch of Harvard, Yale or Oxford professors. Take your academic trash somewhere else.

asuustrike2009:
Which change cos my area na darkness I dey see everyday

na village you dey live

chuna1985:
So phcn made buhari their chief engineer. ok.

I don't understand you, Mr chuna. Like a ghost, you always appear from no where to tackle every pro-buhari thread

hinwazaka:
SO IN ESSENCE, FROM THE PIC OF THE EMIR ON YOUR THREAD, ONLY THE NORTH CAN LEAD US TO THE PROMISED LAND. ZOMBIE, YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SAUL AS YOUR LEADER, WHEN MOSES AND JOSHUA ARE AVAILABLE. AS THE BIBLE SAYS" OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE".

olodo did you even read the piece?

Lol.

These clowns and overrating themselves.

I honestly don't know how a snail can shake a continent with different interests under different spheres of influence. Nigeria can't even move little Cameroon next to it, due to the French influence - yet these clowns believe it can move the whole continent with an old snail.

Someone wake these muthaphuckas up - it's too early in the day to start dreaming.

silami:
olodo did you even read the piece?

GIVE ME YOUR EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.