₦airaland Forum

Obiagelli:
I came across this hashtag and i was like what is going on here?
Looks like the usual suspects or their copycats are back again, it is barely a year into the present administration and we are marching and printing t-shirts for what exactly?
There's massive work to be done and this administration has not even gotten into 5% of it and we are marching?
We should be careful not to create an all is well impression to this administration, our job is to put them on their toes, we should not tolerate mistakes, incompetence or outright impunity (the presidential BMWs).

Are we going back to the days of TAN ambassadors, Fresh air crew, bringbackourgej or the 9 million March for Abacha.

We appreciate the good work the government is doing but going on a march is pure sycophancy.

IT 2016 NIGERIANS, RECEIVE SENSE.

DropShot:
No one is in doubt about the long way. I still don't get what is wrong if some patriotic citizens decide to urge the president on in his fight against corruption in the face of overwhelming opposition to it by those sympathetic to the corrupt looters.

As long as the govt has no hand in it, it's welcome by me and we should support it.

Descartes:
You should work on yourself, you lack it

Obiagelli:
I came across this hashtag and i was like what is going on here?
Looks like the usual suspects or their copycats are back again, it is barely a year into the present administration and we are marching and printing t-shirts for what exactly?
There's massive work to be done and this administration has not even gotten into 5% of it and we are marching?
We should be careful not to create an all is well impression to this administration, our job is to put them on their toes, we should not tolerate mistakes, incompetence or outright impunity (the presidential BMWs).

Are we going back to the days of TAN ambassadors, Fresh air crew, bringbackourgej or the 9 million March for Abacha.

We appreciate the good work the government is doing but going on a march is pure sycophancy.

IT 2016 NIGERIANS, RECEIVE SENSE.

naptu2:
I won't have had any problem with it if it was a spontaneous reaction by patriotic Nigerians. I don't even think that the #istandwithbuhari hashtag can distract President Buhari (I think that the President would be the first person to admit that there's a lot of work to be done), but I have serious misgivings about this campaign.

When you see that a website has been created, tshirts have been made, etc, then I can't help feeling that the usual suspects are involved. There are people who will launch any type of campaign for any type of person if they believe that they can make some money, become famous, or make contact with people in government through their campaign. These people have no morals and are extremely dangerous and I can't help feeling that they are behind the #istandwithbuhari campaign.

Find out as much as you can about a character called Yomi Tokoya if you want to understand the mindset of the kind of people I am talking about.

Beremx:
You talk senseless at times. Someone who is a Pro-Buhari just pointed out something which is not right and all you do is to make useless comments indirectly attacking her.

Nonsense!!

PhockPhockMan:
Nne ke kwanu, I muo'na Nwa gi ahu?

@topic, it's glaring even to blind, deaf and dumb that Buhari and APC is yet to come to the reality that they're no longer in opposition but in government. Almost one year after assuming office, they're still blaming their predecessor for their dullness.
Today, if light stays four days nonstop they take the credit, but cry like hungry children when it's otherwise.
I expect you support to Obiagelli on this.

PhockPhockMan:
Nne ke kwanu, I muo'na Nwa gi ahu? .

IamPatriotic:
wetin dey pain you for whom anyone chooses to stand for or with? #istandwithBuhari 100%

Beremx:
This is just the reason i dislike making my opinion known on nairaland concerning some policies of PMB which is unfavorable to Nigerians. You will see some ediots rejoicing over nothing.

Ndi ara!

Obiagelli:
I came across this hashtag and i was like what is going on here?
Looks like the usual suspects or their copycats are back again, it is barely a year into the present administration and we are marching and printing t-shirts for what exactly?
There's massive work to be done and this administration has not even gotten into 5% of it and we are marching?
We should be careful not to create an all is well impression to this administration, our job is to put them on their toes, we should not tolerate mistakes, incompetence or outright impunity (the presidential BMWs).

Are we going back to the days of TAN ambassadors, Fresh air crew, bringbackourgej or the 9 million March for Abacha.

We appreciate the good work the government is doing but going on a march is pure sycophancy.

IT 2016 NIGERIANS, RECEIVE SENSE.

DropShot:
What do you even mean by he hasn't achieved 5% of his work? Are you for real?

What the TSA and his fight against corruption have achieved surpassed the clueless achievements in 5 years plus.

The #istandwithbuhari is for the fight against corruption. What problem do you have with that?

DropShot:
No one is in doubt about the long way. I still don't get what is wrong if some patriotic citizens decide to urge the president on in his fight against corruption in the face of overwhelming opposition to it by those sympathetic to the corrupt looters.

As long as the govt has no hand in it, it's welcome by me and we should support it.

doctokwus:
Op,u seem to miss the context in which these T-shirts were printed.
Some people were saying that the president should be stopped in his way of going about corrupt individuals,by way of efcc rearresting them to answer to newly found evidence of corrupt deeds.
So what the printers of these shirts are saying is that they stand with Buhari in his determined resolve to fight corruption and beat the crooks to their game of using legal technicalities and laughable bail conditions to evade trial.
Where lies the sycophancy here?

naptu2:
I won't have had any problem with it if it was a spontaneous reaction by patriotic Nigerians. I don't even think that the #istandwithbuhari hashtag can distract President Buhari (I think that the President would be the first person to admit that there's a lot of work to be done), but I have serious misgivings about this campaign.

When you see that a website has been created, tshirts have been made, etc, then I can't help feeling that the usual suspects are involved. There are people who will launch any type of campaign for any type of person if they believe that they can make some money, become famous, or make contact with people in government through their campaign. These people have no morals and are extremely dangerous and I can't help feeling that they are behind the #istandwithbuhari campaign.

Find out as much as you can about a character called Yomi Tokoya if you want to understand the mindset of the kind of people I am talking about.

Sincere9gerian:
You mean you stand with BUHARI in his resolve to fight his political enemies? Because When Buhari starts fighting corruption, which I pray he does, even Tinubu and Amechi will either flee Nigeria or they'll be in handcuffs.

Obiagelli:
Does PMB look like someone that needs people marching on the streets to urge him on?
We should not encourage any plot by sycophants.
How do you know that the massively corrupt guys are not the one behind this campaign?
Have you forgotten so soon how they almost rubbished pmb with dasuki's SUV

duwdu:
No disrespect, but what you think you know about sycophants and sycophancy, the government probably knows a thousand times better. The fact is that potential sycophants will always try their luck. I'm just chilling.

P34c3
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naptu2:
I won't have had any problem with it if it was a spontaneous reaction by patriotic Nigerians. I don't even think that the #istandwithbuhari hashtag can distract President Buhari (I think that the President would be the first person to admit that there's a lot of work to be done), but I have serious misgivings about this campaign.

When you see that a website has been created, tshirts have been made, etc, then I can't help feeling that the usual suspects are involved. There are people who will launch any type of campaign for any type of person if they believe that they can make some money, become famous, or make contact with people in government through their campaign. These people have no morals and are extremely dangerous and I can't help feeling that they are behind the #istandwithbuhari campaign.

Find out as much as you can about a character called Yomi Tokoya if you want to understand the mindset of the kind of people I am talking about.

Sincere9gerian:
You mean you stand with BUHARI in his resolve to fight his political enemies? Because When Buhari starts fighting corruption, which I pray he does, even Tinubu and Amechi will either flee Nigeria or they'll be in handcuffs.

tucky200:
Me thought #istandwithbuhari simply means we re solidly behind the president,obiagelli mee I don't get u ??

naptu2:
Or the damage that FFK almost caused before he switched sides.

duwdu:
I can see where you're coming from, Obiagelli, and sycophancy should not be encouraged in any way; however, as others have partially pointed out, these t-shirt like campaigns you're pointing to, are actually reactions to vicious propaganda - justified or not - against Buhari and his government, even while the government was yet to take root. For as long as these t-shirt campaigns remain proper counters and don't turn into mindless, unprovoked street protests, I think they serve the purpose to keep the opposition from just taking over and wining especially the media/social media war...

Take for instance, an online petition that was started during the later part of last December by a lady, calling for signatures in support of the resignation and impeachment of Buhari. That online petition was eventually countered by another one, a few days later at the beginning of this month, by a man calling for support for the President. As it turned out, this one calling for support for Buhari became even more popular and ardent, and quickly garnered much more signatures compared to the earlier one that called for the resignation of the President. I remember making a post at the end of that dog fight, stating that the moral of the story is that may be people should not always start what they cannot finish.

Above all, and IMHO, I think the President has demonstrated enough resolve to be NOT swayed by sycophancy or pressure. A case in point being the way he insisted - and largely followed his resolve - not to be dictated to by, say, state governors, regarding who he would appoint to work with him in his cabinet. So, I won't get worried.

In summary, I agree with you that, NO, we should not encourage or allow mere sycophancy to derail the true intentions of the Federal Government. At the same time, the media war/turf should not be abandoned to the opposition, particularly now that it is the main turf the opposition has to with which to fight - and we can be rest assured it would be used for full effect. A wounded lion, they say, is an angry one.

Hopefully, adequate checks and balances are always put in place by government to keep both sides of the media war in check.

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Obiagelli:
I came across this hashtag and i was like what is going on here?
Looks like the usual suspects or their copycats are back again, it is barely a year into the present administration and we are marching and printing t-shirts for what exactly?
There's massive work to be done and this administration has not even gotten into 5% of it and we are marching?
We should be careful not to create an all is well impression to this administration, our job is to put them on their toes, we should not tolerate mistakes, incompetence or outright impunity (the presidential BMWs).

Are we going back to the days of TAN ambassadors, Fresh air crew, bringbackourgej or the 9 million March for Abacha.

We appreciate the good work the government is doing but going on a march is pure sycophancy.

IT 2016 NIGERIANS, RECEIVE SENSE.

Obiagelli:
I am glad this government have dissociated itself from this sycophant group. All hope is not lost afterall