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989900:
I wrote something similar this morning:

Despite progress and milestones achieved by the Buhari administration:
implementation of useful programs i.e. BVN, IPPIS, TSA (of course initiated by the GEJ administration to check malfeasance across board; not implemented), etc., continuing the Agric drive, taking us out of an avoidable recession foisted on us by the past administration, completing/continuing projects abandoned by past administrations, social programs (some I don't really agree with), doing more than previous administrations in terms of infrastructure, Foreign reserves, FIRS, JAMB, etc. . . . despite all those, there's a huge feeling of resentment and lack in the land.

While the President has done very poorly with some of his utterances and his handling of the Fulani herdsmen issue (which is a huge shame), I would be dwelling more on where his shortcomings continuously hurt our pockets:

1. Exchange rates
The current exchange rates ultimately affects prices of commodities, from petroleum products to how much we pay to subsidize it, to house rents, food stuffs, transport, etc. The current rate could be better with the reserves we have and if some aspects of it were not marred in shadowy dealings (corruption).

Let's assume favourable exchange rates being what they are: not something you could directly doctor or make happen by fiat. And it is basically off the essence of this piece to go into details of the intricacies of that here.

How about number 2?


2. Salary non-increment.

If you can't help the exchange rates, how about increasing the wages of your workers since you do relatively earn considerably well above and beyond with the exchange rate in your favour (we're talking crude oil receipts in dollars)?

But you do expect your workers to continue battling everyday living expenses with the same meager wage they did when a dollar was N160 while you earn fat into government pockets at N305?

This is where PMB failed, he should have had this wrapped up since mid last year, the constitution supports him, the people would appreciate it (folks earning N18,000 would cope better with N27,000/N30,000, same for folks presently earning N90,000 who would now be earning say N140,000).
More sales for businesses too.

It will translate to higher tax income for the rejuvenated FIRS too.

If he had gotten these 2 aspects right, the populace's plight would have been highly reduced, and thus, less acrimony against him. All the good works he's tried to do with his limited health, old age, and education have been very wonderful, but a hungry man is an angry man.

P.S. Considering PMB's background growing up, education, his old age and health, he is actually punching way above his weight, few can do as much as he has done and continues to do if we had same pedigree and Achilles.

I wrote an article: PMB Vs Atiku Pros and Cons.
https://www.nairaland.com/5002332/buhari-vs-atiku-pros-cons

This is where we find ourselves as a country, sponsored by no other than OBJ, he rigged in Shagari in-lieu of a sage like Awolowo, Shagari's failures and inadequacies brought back the military on us: Buhari, IBB, Abacha (if only he had done the needful with OBJ) and the whole works: retrogress.

Same over-bearing old man brought upon us Yar'Adua (why didn't he support his deputy Aticou then if he so much believed in him . . . that was easier), even though he knew he was battling serious health issues, but he thought he had a stooge in Jonathan from whence he can still rule by proxy -- he chose a docile Jonathan over a vibrant Donald Duke.

Jonathan's ineptitude and cluelessness brought upon us the old cargo: Buhari (Buhari can't be Landlords & tenants association chairman in my hood, but I'll still choose him ahead of a character like Atiku).

OBJ is backing Atiku now, why? The answer is obvious.
And if we make the mistake, we will pay for it dearly.

We are a sorry nation, it goes no further than seeing agile and intellectual heavyweights like Osinbajo and Obi being deputies to soon to be octogenarians with lesser general qualifications.

I'm out.

adetem:
Lala give that retired general 3 bottle of star, those that want wontikulate let them b kulate by OBJ and those that want to buarilate let them relate, my own is that make dem no violate the peace of the country.

Tabuku:
Who is this fake general self? i have never heard of your name since i was born. Maybe you want to gain popularity.Politics aside,Obasanjo is a honerable man in Nigeria(two times head of state and president for 8 years) he is a voice in united nations and Africa. hold your jealousy and sleep with it,after making your money from those that instructed you to say all this bull-sh.t

BuhariLooter:
President Buhari had many times during the 2015 election campaign vowed to declare his assets and make the report public. However, he is yet to release the full report of his asset declaration to the public months to the end of his administration. Asked during his first media chat on December 30, 2015, the president said he has declared his assets four times but declined when pressed to release the document to Premium Times which had earlier sent an FOI request to the Code of Conduct Bureau to make the report available to it. The CCB had responded that only the president could authorise the release of the report to the media.
Introduction of National Gender Policy and offer of 35 per cent appointment to women:
FAILED
President Buhari reneged on this promise early in the life of his administration by appointing only six out of the 36 ministers he used in forming his cabinet in November 2015. Today, with the exits of Mrs. Kemi Adeosun after she was busted for using a fake NYSC discharge certificate and Amina Alhassan, who left to contest election in Taraba State, Mr. Buhari has not deemed it fit to replace the two ministers with new ones. This perhaps underscores why he told journalists in Germany after a meeting with the country’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, on October 14, 2016, “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room.” He was standing next to Mrs. Merkel, who frowned at the comment.

Tabuku:
Who is this fake general self? i have never heard of your name since i was born. Maybe you want to gain popularity.Politics aside,Obasanjo is a honerable man in Nigeria(two times head of state and president for 8 years) he is a voice in united nations and Africa. hold your jealousy and sleep with it,after making your money from those that instructed you to say all this bull-sh.t

asobo:
Sir sorry to say you are an ungrateful servant. It was the same reluctant Shehu Shagari who made you COAS and later CDS. It's well




Hurricane Atiku all the way. 16th February is a done deal

Atiku

Atikulated




Atiku for president.

Tabuku:
Who is this fake general self? i have never heard of your name since i was born. Maybe you want to gain popularity.Politics aside,Obasanjo is a honerable man in Nigeria(two times head of state and president for 8 years) he is a voice in united nations and Africa. hold your jealousy and sleep with it,after making your money from those that instructed you to say all this bull-sh.t

Tabuku:
Who is this fake general self? i have never heard of your name since i was born. Maybe you want to gain popularity.Politics aside,Obasanjo is a honerable man in Nigeria(two times head of state and president for 8 years) he is a voice in united nations and Africa. hold your jealousy and sleep with it,after making your money from those that instructed you to say all this bull-sh.t

989900:
I wrote something similar this morning:

Despite progress and milestones achieved by the Buhari administration:
implementation of useful programs i.e. BVN, IPPIS, TSA (of course initiated by the GEJ administration to check malfeasance across board; not implemented), etc., continuing the Agric drive, taking us out of an avoidable recession foisted on us by the past administration, completing/continuing projects abandoned by past administrations, social programs (some I don't really agree with), doing more than previous administrations in terms of infrastructure, Foreign reserves, FIRS, JAMB, etc. . . . despite all those, there's a huge feeling of resentment and lack in the land.

While the President has done very poorly with some of his utterances and his handling of the Fulani herdsmen issue (which is a huge shame), I would be dwelling more on where his shortcomings continuously hurt our pockets:

1. Exchange rates
The current exchange rates ultimately affects prices of commodities, from petroleum products to how much we pay to subsidize it, to house rents, food stuffs, transport, etc. The current rate could be better with the reserves we have and if some aspects of it were not marred in shadowy dealings (corruption).

Let's assume favourable exchange rates being what they are: not something you could directly doctor or make happen by fiat. And it is basically off the essence of this piece to go into details of the intricacies of that here.

How about number 2?


2. Salary non-increment.

If you can't help the exchange rates, how about increasing the wages of your workers since you do relatively earn considerably well above and beyond with the exchange rate in your favour (we're talking crude oil receipts in dollars)?

But you do expect your workers to continue battling everyday living expenses with the same meager wage they did when a dollar was N160 while you earn fat into government pockets at N305?

This is where PMB failed, he should have had this wrapped up since mid last year, the constitution supports him, the people would appreciate it (folks earning N18,000 would cope better with N27,000/N30,000, same for folks presently earning N90,000 who would now be earning say N140,000).
More sales for businesses too.

It will translate to higher tax income for the rejuvenated FIRS too.

If he had gotten these 2 aspects right, the populace's plight would have been highly reduced, and thus, less acrimony against him. All the good works he's tried to do with his limited health, old age, and education have been very wonderful, but a hungry man is an angry man.

P.S. Considering PMB's background growing up, education, his old age and health, he is actually punching way above his weight, few can do as much as he has done and continues to do if we had same pedigree and Achilles.

I wrote an article: PMB Vs Atiku Pros and Cons.
https://www.nairaland.com/5002332/buhari-vs-atiku-pros-cons

This is where we find ourselves as a country, sponsored by no other than OBJ, he rigged in Shagari in-lieu of a sage like Awolowo, Shagari's failures and inadequacies brought back the military on us: Buhari, IBB, Abacha (if only he had done the needful with OBJ) and the whole works: retrogress.

Same over-bearing old man brought upon us Yar'Adua (why didn't he support his deputy Aticou then if he so much believed in him . . . that was easier), even though he knew he was battling serious health issues, but he thought he had a stooge in Jonathan from whence he can still rule by proxy -- he chose a docile Jonathan over a vibrant Donald Duke.

Jonathan's ineptitude and cluelessness brought upon us the old cargo: Buhari (Buhari can't be Landlords & tenants association chairman in my hood, but I'll still choose him ahead of a character like Atiku).

OBJ is backing Atiku now, why? The answer is obvious.
And if we make the mistake, we will pay for it dearly.

We are a sorry nation, it goes no further than seeing agile and intellectual heavyweights like Osinbajo and Obi being deputies to soon to be octogenarians with lesser general qualifications.

I'm out.

LagosEconomist:
Wrong on Shagari appointing him!

Gen. Akinrinade is probably Nigeria's most respected and professional General. Bonafide civil war hero who commands massive respect from Soldiers on both the Nigerian and Biafran side. Never blows his own trumpet and stayed out of military (or civilian) politics and coups.

If he was still in the Army, there is no way Buhari or IBB would have dared, or successfully planned a coup in the 1983-85 period.

He became COAS after the power trio (OBJ, Danjuma, Yar'Adua) handed over to civilians in 1979, and Shagari soon 'demoted him upstairs' as a General without troops in the somewhat ceremonial CDS position.

In a way Shagari ended up hurting himself as there is no way Buhari, IBB and Abacha would have pulled the stunts they pulled under Wushishi with Akinriade in charge of the Army.

It is not surprising that a man like Akinriade would look down on an Obasanjo who was an inferior officer, but blows his own trumpet and has been at the pinnacle of the Nigerian military, politics and nation.

Gen. Akinriade (who hardly speaks) has been recently public about expressing his sadness at the state of the Nigerian Nation & has said that if this is the outcome we have, then the Civil war was a mistake and should not have happened. He says restructuring or breaking up should be explored if it will bring better outcomes for people than we currently have.

https://www.nairaland.com/3883252/ken-saro-wiwa-vs-nnamdi
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/05/before-we-crucify-akinrinade/
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/01/lt-general-alani-akinrinade-in-celebration-of-a-soldier-activist/

I don't think he is supporting Buhari or Atiku here, but just rightly calling out Obasanjo.

roscoleefad:

What as this old man blaming obj as contribute to nigeria state since he left service only seat down and look

BuhariLooter:
President Buhari had many times during the 2015 election campaign vowed to declare his assets and make the report public. However, he is yet to release the full report of his asset declaration to the public months to the end of his administration. Asked during his first media chat on December 30, 2015, the president said he has declared his assets four times but declined when pressed to release the document to Premium Times which had earlier sent an FOI request to the Code of Conduct Bureau to make the report available to it. The CCB had responded that only the president could authorise the release of the report to the media.
Introduction of National Gender Policy and offer of 35 per cent appointment to women:
FAILED
President Buhari reneged on this promise early in the life of his administration by appointing only six out of the 36 ministers he used in forming his cabinet in November 2015. Today, with the exits of Mrs. Kemi Adeosun after she was busted for using a fake NYSC discharge certificate and Amina Alhassan, who left to contest election in Taraba State, Mr. Buhari has not deemed it fit to replace the two ministers with new ones. This perhaps underscores why he told journalists in Germany after a meeting with the country’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, on October 14, 2016, “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room.” He was standing next to Mrs. Merkel, who frowned at the comment.

Gandollar:
Anyone OBJ supports in an election wins. Buhari is long gone.

roscoleefad:
What as this old man blaming obj as contribute to nigeria state since he left service only seat down and look

olajizz01:
Keep deceiving yourself, the baboon will not only relegated, Baba will equally put him where he belongs to.

989900:
I wrote something similar this morning:

Despite progress and milestones achieved by the Buhari administration:
implementation of useful programs i.e. BVN, IPPIS, TSA (of course initiated by the GEJ administration to check malfeasance across board; not implemented), etc., continuing the Agric drive, taking us out of an avoidable recession foisted on us by the past administration, completing/continuing projects abandoned by past administrations, social programs (some I don't really agree with), doing more than previous administrations in terms of infrastructure, Foreign reserves, FIRS, JAMB, etc. . . . despite all those, there's a huge feeling of resentment and lack in the land.

While the President has done very poorly with some of his utterances and his handling of the Fulani herdsmen issue (which is a huge shame), I would be dwelling more on where his shortcomings continuously hurt our pockets:

1. Exchange rates
The current exchange rates ultimately affects prices of commodities, from petroleum products to how much we pay to subsidize it, to house rents, food stuffs, transport, etc. The current rate could be better with the reserves we have and if some aspects of it were not marred in shadowy dealings (corruption).

Let's assume favourable exchange rates being what they are: not something you could directly doctor or make happen by fiat. And it is basically off the essence of this piece to go into details of the intricacies of that here.

How about number 2?


2. Salary non-increment.

If you can't help the exchange rates, how about increasing the wages of your workers since you do relatively earn considerably well above and beyond with the exchange rate in your favour (we're talking crude oil receipts in dollars)?

But you do expect your workers to continue battling everyday living expenses with the same meager wage they did when a dollar was N160 while you earn fat into government pockets at N305?

This is where PMB failed, he should have had this wrapped up since mid last year, the constitution supports him, the people would appreciate it (folks earning N18,000 would cope better with N27,000/N30,000, same for folks presently earning N90,000 who would now be earning say N140,000).
More sales for businesses too.

It will translate to higher tax income for the rejuvenated FIRS too.

If he had gotten these 2 aspects right, the populace's plight would have been highly reduced, and thus, less acrimony against him. All the good works he's tried to do with his limited health, old age, and education have been very wonderful, but a hungry man is an angry man.

P.S. Considering PMB's background growing up, education, his old age and health, he is actually punching way above his weight, few can do as much as he has done and continues to do if we had same pedigree and Achilles.

I wrote an article: PMB Vs Atiku Pros and Cons.
https://www.nairaland.com/5002332/buhari-vs-atiku-pros-cons

This is where we find ourselves as a country, sponsored by no other than OBJ, he rigged in Shagari in-lieu of a sage like Awolowo, Shagari's failures and inadequacies brought back the military on us: Buhari, IBB, Abacha (if only he had done the needful with OBJ) and the whole works: retrogress.

Same over-bearing old man brought upon us Yar'Adua (why didn't he support his deputy Aticou then if he so much believed in him . . . that was easier), even though he knew he was battling serious health issues, but he thought he had a stooge in Jonathan from whence he can still rule by proxy -- he chose a docile Jonathan over a vibrant Donald Duke.

Jonathan's ineptitude and cluelessness brought upon us the old cargo: Buhari (Buhari can't be Landlords & tenants association chairman in my hood, but I'll still choose him ahead of a character like Atiku).

OBJ is backing Atiku now, why? The answer is obvious.
And if we make the mistake, we will pay for it dearly.

We are a sorry nation, it goes no further than seeing agile and intellectual heavyweights like Osinbajo and Obi being deputies to soon to be octogenarians with lesser general qualifications.

I'm out.

dirtydiva:
I love your write up well place but when allow tribalism and that statement you just made on Obi, I then realize that you dont know anything. You think Osibanjo certificate go bring investment into Nigeria Abi! Young man go and make research about Obi, Osibanjo Is a small boy to Obi...
I m out like you said

Gandollar:
Anyone OBJ supports in an election wins. Buhari is long gone.

dirtydiva:
I love your write up well place but when allow tribalism and that statement you just made on Obi, I then realize that you dont know anything. You think Osibanjo certificate go bring investment into Nigeria Abi! Young man go and make research about Obi, Osibanjo Is a small boy to Obi...
I m out like you said

midolian:
“The Nigerian media appear to have forgotten they are indeed the fourth estate of the realm. They are gatekeepers. They owe Nigeria the responsibility of keeping this irritable man where he belongs — the waste bin of history. Like his daughter, Iyabo, reminded him in her letter, Nigeria does not belong to him. He should allow Nigerians choose who they want and stop goading the citizenry for his own selfish interests."

spiralwedge:
OMG... How can anybody in their right senses compare Obi to Osinbajo? What?! The difference in their classes is very loud and obvious. Next time, try look for Fashola and co to compare him Obi with. Smh

Osinbajo is a class of his own. A future president of the New Nigeria.

SillyMods:
This is finishing.

OBJ CUP(P) don really full.

Tabuku:
Who is this fake general self? i have never heard of your name since i was born. Maybe you want to gain popularity.Politics aside,Obasanjo is a honerable man in Nigeria(two times head of state and president for 8 years) he is a voice in united nations and Africa. hold your jealousy and sleep with it,after making your money from those that instructed you to say all this bull-sh.t