₦airaland Forum

1wolex85:
Yes! That's what I wanted him to do. It was obvious he didn't compare anything. He made the post 20 mins after the speech. He must be Einstein to compare it to 16 other speeches in that time. As I said before, not that I found the speech inspiring, but people should stop making outlandish statements based on hate. I remember feeling this same way listening to speeches from obj to yaradua to gej. I only asked him to prove his assertion because I knew it had no basis.

Lol.
He doesn't owe you a speech by speech analysis to prove anything.
He came to his conclusion after listening to the speech.
Millions of people reached same conclusion.

I , personally, even with my harsh criticism of this government, had an expectation that his speech would have been more reconciliatory, more humble, more recognition and acceptance of mistakes made in the past 12 months, taking full responsibility for current economic situation under his watch, and promising to consult more, listen more and do more.

Buhari is sure turning out to be a tragedy of misplaced trust.

He is a first class failure. I am not disappointed as I do not expect anything from hin

DesChyko:
I doubt the judge really said this. It can ruin the entire case for EFCC. If the judge made such statement, he may have been paid by Metuh's men. The trial can be stopped because the statement clearly shows bias and infringes on his right to a fair trial.

Anyone who knows abang knows the clown is well capable of saying something like this, smh always descending into the arena. On the statement itself, its a dumb one because to my knowledge Metuh was never in government but was a party man, so fail to see how far he could have directly influenced building of hospitals, et al by government.

On topic, this govt is not really a disappointment, it shouldn't be to anyone who has even a rudimentary knowledge of Nigeria's political history, it was to be expected. The same things that made Buhari unelectable the first 3 times, are still present today; the decision to put him there despite the warning signs has already been made, Nigerians just have to suck it up and see where we land.

plaetton:
Lol.
He doesn't owe you a speech by speech analysis to prove anything.
He came to his conclusion after listening to the speech.
Millions of people reached same conclusion.

I , personally, even with my harsh criticism of this government, had an expectation that his speech would have been more reconciliatory, more humble, more recognition and acceptance of mistakes made in the past 12 months, taking full responsibility for current economic situation under his watch, and promising to consult more, listen more and do more.

Buhari is sure turning out to be a tragedy of misplaced trust.

As much as i respect your intelligence, you are letting your hatred hatred for Buhari becloud your sense of reasoning. How can someone make a claim of that a speech is the emptiest in 17 years 20 minutes after listening to the speech? You are saying the person was able to read and compare this speech with all previous democracy speeches or the person was able to remember verbatim all 17 previous democracy day speeches and was able to instantly compare them with this one, all within a space of 20 minutes,

Buhari is president and not you, when and if you become president you can say anything you like. He might be a tragedy to you, that does not mean he is a tragedy to over 180 million other Nigerians. Instead of ever whining of what ever Buhari says or does, start presenting alternative policies and candidate for the 2019 elections. If all you people do is wail and whine, then Buhari would have a smooth sailing in 2019.

na wa o, me I can't shout

wirinet:
As much as i respect your intelligence, you are letting your hatred hatred for Buhari becloud your sense of reasoning. How can someone make a claim of that a speech is the emptiest in 17 years 20 minutes after listening to the speech? You are saying the person was able to read and compare this speech with all previous democracy speeches or the person was able to remember verbatim all 17 previous democracy day speeches and was able to instantly compare them with this one, all within a space of 20 minutes,

Buhari is president and not you, when and if you become president you can say anything you like. He might be a tragedy to you, that does not mean he is a tragedy to over 180 million other Nigerians. Instead of ever whining of what ever Buhari says or does, start presenting alternative policies and candidate for the 2019 elections. If all you people do is wail and whine, then Buhari would have a smooth sailing in 2019.

Firstly, the success of any Administration translates into the success of most, if not all Nigerians.

By this last year, as a diehard optimist, I was cheering, hoping and dreaming of good, responsible leadership.
Uptil September/ October last year, I was still hopeful.

Buhari's comments about 95% and the 5% quickly betrayed his mindset,..that it was deja vu all over again.
No lessons learned.
People, leaders with that kind of mindset have a very very predictable way of dealing with national issues, and so far, he has been on script, almost verbatim.


Ever since , the entire facade has been unravelling.


I don't know why Buhari should be considered to be above criticisms, considering that he and his supporters did so much of it just a little more than a year ago.

We need to criticize our leaders more, a lot more.
It is our previous docility and apathy that has worked against us in enthroning good responsible leadership over the many decades.

We need to demystify leadership.
Leaders need to fear the people they lead, not the other way round.

louqas:
That pale weak tired looking president is far better than the PhD holder handsome (but with a wicked heart ) he defeated at the polls.

Jonathan has a wicked heart? You'll retract the statement by the time Buhari fully unleash his true colours on Nigeria.

1wolex85:
Yes! That's what I wanted him to do. It was obvious he didn't compare anything. He made the post 20 mins after the speech. He must be Einstein to compare it to 16 other speeches in that time. As I said before, not that I found the speech inspiring, but people should stop making outlandish statements based on hate. I remember feeling this same way listening to speeches from obj to yaradua to gej. I only asked him to prove his assertion because I knew it had no basis.

What basis do you want me to establish other than the fact that the speech was a recap of statements already in public domain? How many hours or days do you expect me to use in matching Mr President's Democracy Day broadcast with his past speeches and promises?

plaetton:
Lol.
He doesn't owe you a speech by speech analysis to prove anything.
He came to his conclusion after listening to the speech.
Millions of people reached same conclusion.

I , personally, even with my harsh criticism of this government, had an expectation that his speech would have been more reconciliatory, more humble, more recognition and acceptance of mistakes made in the past 12 months, taking full responsibility for current economic situation under his watch, and promising to consult more, listen more and do more.

Buhari is sure turning out to be a tragedy of misplaced trust.

Millions of people reached the same conclusion? wow!

OLADD:
What basis do you want me to establish other than the fact that the speech was a recap of statements already in public domain? How many hours or days do you expect me to use in matching Mr President's Democracy Day broadcast with his past speeches and promises?

oh, so you didn't go through the old speeches? So how on earth did you reach the conclusion that it was the worst?

OLADD:
He was speaking to both 95% and 5%. Nigeria is Mr. President's first constituency.

Are you sure?? No be Fulani cattle rearers be e first constituency!!??

plaetton:
Firstly, the success of any Administration translates into the success of most, if not all Nigerians.

By this last year, as a diehard optimist, I was cheering, hoping and dreaming of good, responsible leadership.
Uptil September/ October last year, I was still hopeful.

Buhari's comments about 95% and the 5% quickly betrayed his mindset,..that it was deja vu all over again.
No lessons learned.
People, leaders with that kind of mindset have a very very predictable way of dealing with national issues, and so far, he has been on script, almost verbatim.


Ever since , the entire facade has been unravelling.


I don't know why Buhari should be considered to be above criticisms, considering that he and his supporters did so much of it just a little more than a year ago.

We need to criticize our leaders more, a lot more.
It is our previous docility and apathy that has worked against us in enthroning good responsible leadership over the many decades.

We need to demystify leadership.
Leaders need to fear the people they lead, not the other way round.

Plaetton, you are one of my top 5 favourite monikers on nairaland, your understanding of issues is generally brilliant and i make sure i follow your posts, but on this Buhari issue, you have allowed your emotions get better of you. Yes, i know you are hurt by the 97%, 5% statement and the facts that Buhari's appointments has been obviously lobsided, but i am sorry to say, he is still the our only hope for now.

I hope you know the serenity prayer by Reinhold Neibuhr, it states;

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference .
Read more at: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/reinholdni100884.html

What you fail to realize is that the African style democracy is different from European or American type of democracy. In Europe or the US a single sex scandal can prove fatal to any political office holder, not to talk of a corruption scandal. In Africa even if a politician (especially the president) is seen physically robbing the central bank, nothing can be done. Even in democratic south Africa, what Zuma has gotten away with, a president under apartheid would have been long impeached. Zuma had been involved in various sex and corruption scandals, and he still gets a vote of confidence from his party.

To me Buhari was the lesser of two evils, Jonathan was hemorrhaging the country through negligence. All service chiefs, ministers and heads of parastatals and even militants became instant millionaires and billionaires in dollars, while we still suffered huge infrastructural, security and services deficits. He had to borrow in his last few months just to pay salaries, he owed huge debts in fuel subsidy arrears, etc. If Jonathan was still in charge when oil prices went below $40 consistently for up to 1 full year, i think we would have been worse than Venezuela. We are not out of the woods yet, we are still tethering towards economic and social upheavals. We just have to pray that Buhari succeeds to avoid the huge catastrophe that failure portends.

krasican:
Justice Abang to Olisa Metuh!

"It is a shame that your party was in power for 16 years and could not build a standard hospital in Nigeria. And you have the guts to approach this court for permission to travel abroad on medical ground. I will never grant your request but if you are an ordinary person I will do so."

What a crazy judge that was! Was Metuh the president, or was he in some executive position to build a hospital? That judge was an emotional piece of work!!

1wolex85:
oh, so you didn't go through the old speeches? So how on earth did you reach the conclusion that it was the worst?

If you've followed Nigerian politics vis-à-vis Presidents' speeches in the last one and a half decade, drawing conclusions on Buhari's maiden Democracy Day Speech shouldn't be a herculean task. Repeating what has been said many times in the last twelve months is crass display of emptiness.

plaetton:
Lol.
He doesn't owe you a speech by speech analysis to prove anything.
He came to his conclusion after listening to the speech.
Millions of people reached same conclusion.

I , personally, even with my harsh criticism of this government, had an expectation that his speech would have been more reconciliatory, more humble, more recognition and acceptance of mistakes made in the past 12 months, taking full responsibility for current economic situation under his watch, and promising to consult more, listen more and do more.

Buhari is sure turning out to be a tragedy of misplaced trust.

Many thanks.

normac:
Anyone who knows abang knows the clown is well capable of saying something like this, smh always descending into the arena. On the statement itself, its a dumb one because to my knowledge Metuh was never in government but was a party man, so fail to see how far he could have directly influenced building of hospitals, et al by government.

On topic, this govt is not really a disappointment, it shouldn't be to anyone who has even a rudimentary knowledge of Nigeria's political history, it was to be expected. The same things that made Buhari unelectable the first 3 times, are still present today; the decision to put him there despite the warning signs has already been made, Nigerians just have to suck it up and see where we land.

I pray we land safely. The coast looks stormy.

wirinet:
As much as i respect your intelligence, you are letting your hatred hatred for Buhari becloud your sense of reasoning. How can someone make a claim of that a speech is the emptiest in 17 years 20 minutes after listening to the speech? You are saying the person was able to read and compare this speech with all previous democracy speeches or the person was able to remember verbatim all 17 previous democracy day speeches and was able to instantly compare them with this one, all within a space of 20 minutes,

Buhari is president and not you, when and if you become president you can say anything you like. He might be a tragedy to you, that does not mean he is a tragedy to over 180 million other Nigerians. Instead of ever whining of what ever Buhari says or does, start presenting alternative policies and candidate for the 2019 elections. If all you people do is wail and whine, then Buhari would have a smooth sailing in 2019.

Any govt that takes people's wailing with levity does so at its own peril. Since the people can't take the law into their hands, the best they can do is wail and wail. Can you remember what happened in August 1985? God forbid!

olaolayinkuz:
na wa o, me I can't shout

You can start wailing instead. I think it's good for spiritual cleansing.

1wolex85:
Millions of people reached the same conclusion? wow!

Yes, millions of Nigerian shared the same view