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Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by JPhilip(op): 6:39pm On Apr 05, 2020

In Nigeria, my country of close to 200 million people, the COVID-19 lockdown began on March 30 in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). As with nations the world over we are following the advice of a scientifically-led national action plan to halt and then defeat the spread of the virus by staying at home to save lives.

With hindsight, it is clear there is no country anywhere on earth that was as ready as could now be hoped. But fortunately, since the election of 2015 – when for the first time in history power changed hands between an incumbent president and challenger at the ballot box – our now twice democratically elected administration has spent five years rebuilding governance after decades of political corruption under an effective one-party state.

When President Buhari was first elected in April of that year, Nigeria and the world was reeling at the news that 276 mostly Christian schoolgirls had been kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram. The previous administration had done next to nothing to try to find them. The then-president had even delayed for weeks before acknowledging they were missing.

We soon discovered why: tens of thousands of “ghost” soldiers on the military payroll. Many of those allegedly fighting at the front simply did not exist. The previous government claimed to be waging war against terrorists – but was in truth waging financial fraud against its own people and threatening their security through the corrupt theft of salaries of non-existent soldiers.

Today, the majority of the Chibok girls are now returned to their families. Boko Haram is fractured, desperate and in retreat. Our military is rebuilt, and previous partnerships with the British and American militaries that had seen those countries place defence equipment export bans upon previous Nigerian administrations are lifted.

In government, President Buhari has waged an effective war on corruption, with some 60 percent of the general public personally experiencing its rapid decline – in testament to the administration’s zeal. And earlier this year some USD 300 million in funds looted under a previous regime was finally returned to Nigeria from banks in the US and the UK (Jersey Islands) and all of that money is being channeled into infrastructure financing.

In December 2017, the Federal Government signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Switzerland on the return and monitoring of the $322 million Abacha loot. This money is being used to fund the Social Investment Programmes, including the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) that began in December 2016. Under the CCT scheme the President had promised to assist one million poor and most vulnerable Nigerians with a monthly stipend of N5,000 each.

These funds are now being distributed directly to individual citizens mostly in need during the coronavirus pandemic and to allow for a three month moratorium on loan repayments by farmers and small businesses granted through government schemes.

Repatriated funds can also be used to boost our health spending – which was already expanding year-on-year for the last five years – for the purchase of test equipment, ventilators, masks and protective clothing.

This would simply not have happened under previous administrations – because all Nigerians know from our personal experiences of living under them that the levels of corruption, social strife and distrust in governance they created would have made that impossible.

The fact that it is today under a President who is a Muslim, his Vice, an evangelical Christian pastor, and their cabinet equally balanced between Christians and Muslims does not go unnoticed in Nigeria.

But it is less known externally – which is why individuals who supported previous, corrupt governments seek to use the cover of the coronavirus pandemic as their opportunity to wage a fake news war against the country at this time.

They insinuate to further their false claims that a President who writes for the Church Times and Christianity Today and enjoys a personal friendship with the Archbishop of Canterbury is anti-Christian, and that the same President who call for stronger trading alliances between Commonwealth nations and signs bilateral trade and military agreements with Britain is somehow anti Britain and the West.

They insinuate that Boko Haram’s terrorist attacks on Christians are somehow the government’s doing; that health spending is somehow declining – when it is in fact increasing after they pilfered the system for decades; and that it is this government that created corruption – when in fact the general public themselves make it clear that it is this twice-democratically elected administration that is finally addressing this stain on our governance and society.

To a large degree, many of those Nigerian names writing to conservatives in the UK and the US are just going round making money off the back of lies.

There is a difference between opinion and fact. Everyone is entitled to express the former, The latter can, of course, be questioned: but it does not then change that it is still a fact.

We can only imagine the untruths that would today be peddled to the Nigerian people and the world beyond our borders during this coronavirus pandemic had previous administrations – or those packed with their heirs – had been in charge. We can only give thanks to the wisdom of Nigerian voters that they are not.

When this worldwide health emergency is defeated, we must look to each other to rebuild the global economy – and look to strengthen partnerships that work. Nigeria is ready to take a more forthright role in the Commonwealth and global economic system as a whole. But today we can only do so because the very thing that allows us to fight the virus at all is a better government, which for the first time in Nigeria’s history is both truly representative of our country’s two great religions and shorn of the limitless corruption of our predecessors.

Garba Shehu is Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity.

https://ourcommunity.ng/nigeria-and-the-life-after-by-garba-shehu/

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Guestlander: 6:45pm On Apr 05, 2020

Another press release! I am an APC supporter but I hate this stupid attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of the people.
We care about what you are doing about this crisis not some campaign propaganda.
You and your boss are abdicating your responsibilities leaving the stage for crazy folks like FFK, Dino Melaye and Oyakhilome to hijack the narrative.

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by nameo: 6:46pm On Apr 05, 2020

ABSOLUTE and UTTER nonsense!!!

There is just no other way to respond to this?

Boko haram on retreat? Public perception of Govt corruption reduced by 60%? Abacha money given to the masses during this corona period? Better funding for health sector? An ethnically/religiously balanced Govt?

Lolz...hehehehe

What alternate universe do this people dwell in?

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by babajero(m): 6:59pm On Apr 05, 2020

Garba shehu likes writing but always empty and nauseating.

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Herdsmen: 7:03pm On Apr 05, 2020

Bbcccbb

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Faponmile(m): 7:20pm On Apr 05, 2020

I once said this dude makes his living by standing truth on it's head; and I'm truly not disappointed by this piece of uncommon delusion. Enjoy your party while it lasts. But you will have to explain to your children someday how you arrived at the many untruths and snake oil you peddled to your gullible cotravellers.

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Racoon(m): 7:30pm On Apr 05, 2020*

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JPhilip:
In Nigeria, my country of close to 200 million people, the COVID-19 lockdown began....

Garba Shehu is Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity.
https://ourcommunity.ng/nigeria-and-the-life-after-by-garba-shehu/

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Nonsense lies, half truth, silly propaganda, Shitcrap and bullcrap.The gross incompetency, ineptitude and utter uselessness of this government have been exposed by the Coronavirus pandemic.

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by helinues: 7:31pm On Apr 05, 2020

This one think we are still in campaign period..

Where are the ventilators? Where are the equipments to upgrade the dilapidated hospitals?
Where are the relief materials to Nigerians?
Where is the money you guys claimed you are sharing to Nigerians?

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Racoon(m): 7:33pm On Apr 05, 2020*

Blah! Blah! Regurgitating lies for zombies to masturbate upon.Garba Shehu is any where belle face.All the presidential aides in this satanic regime are simply the worst ever seen in histroy.Bunch of slowpokes.

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Azmanaty: 7:36pm On Apr 05, 2020*

Garuba Ewu

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by helinues: 7:37pm On Apr 05, 2020

Azmanaty:
Garuba Ewu, may you die a miserable death. Incompetent eediot.

Mynd44
Lalasticlacla

Rule 2 and 3 broken

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Azmanaty: 7:38pm On Apr 05, 2020

helinues:
Mynd44
Lalasticlacla

Rule 2 and 3 broken

Zombie, u will tell me if Garuba Ewu is the same as Shehu Garba

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by helinues: 7:39pm On Apr 05, 2020

Azmanaty:
Zombie

Our regards to your other fellows reading from side bar

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Azmanaty: 7:40pm On Apr 05, 2020

helinues:
Our regards to your other fellow reading from side bar

Senior Zombie. Now run along

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by johnmartus(m): 7:47pm On Apr 05, 2020

This is lies they have been telling the president. All these political aides they are the real enemy of humanity.

They will never tell the president the truth and they will not allow those who will tell the president truths to get to him.

Although pdp systematically destroyed the country beyond repair... But 5 years was enough to turn things around.

The way political appointees dish out lying wouldn't allow this present government to achieve anything at the end of everything. People are crying for help and the country are in big mess but you Garba said no its opposition that crying.

Anyway we know that this country can't be better than this. Since politicians dont want to repent from their crooked way. Disloyalty, favoritism, religious bigots, hatred, sentiments selfish interest and tribalism is our problem in Nigeria.

Maybe if the country change the system of government or better still the country divide into 3.

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by HocusPotos: 7:48pm On Apr 05, 2020

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johnmartus:
This is lies they have been telling the president. All these political aides they are the real enemy of humanity.

They will never tell the president the truth and they will not allow those who will tell the president truths to get to him.

Although pdp systematically destroyed the country beyond repair... But 5 years was enough to turn things around.

The way political appointees dish out lying wouldn't allow this present government to achieve anything at the end of everything. People are crying for help and the country are in big mess but you Garba said no its opposition that crying.

Anyway we know that this country can't be better than this. Since politicians dont want to repent from their crooked way. Disloyalty, favoritism, religious bigots, hatred, sentiments selfish interest and tribalism is our problem in Nigeria.

Maybe if the country change the system of government or better still the country divide into 3.

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Racoon(m): 7:59pm On Apr 05, 2020

johnmartus:
This is lies they have been telling the president.All these political aides are the real enemy of humanity.They will never tell the president the truth and they will not allow those who will tell the president truths to get to him.Although pdp systematically destroyed the country beyond repair... But 5 years was enough to turn things around.

The way political appointees dish out lying wouldn't allow this present government to achieve anything at the end of everything. People are crying for help and the country are in big mess but you Garba said no its opposition that crying.

Anyway, we know that this country can't be better than this.Since politicians dont want to repent from their crooked way.Disloyalty, favoritism, religious bigots, hatred, sentiments selfish interest and tribalism is our problem in Nigeria.Maybe if the country change the system of government or better still the country divide into 3.

Thank goodness you know this reality-that the APC government have been a monumental fraud.They lied their way in hence must sustain themselves with same.Well, Sarrki have long seen the light.There is hope for many others.

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Racoon(m): 8:12pm On Apr 05, 2020

helinues:
This one think we are still in campaign period.Where are the ventilators? Where are the equipments to upgrade the dilapidated hospitals?Where are the relief materials to Nigerians?
Where is the money you guys claimed you are sharing to Nigerians?

"It's Time To Restructure Nigeria: The present situation of things where all component units get monthly allocation from the Federal Government only makes the states lazy and unproductive." - Nasiru El-Rufai (August 2010)

"Jonathan should resign if he has no solution to the violence being unleashed on some parts of the country." - Nasiru El-Rufai (August 2012)

"Waste: Let me give an instance, presently, there are more than 6 aircraft in the presidential fleet. What do you call that? "Billions of naira is budgeted every year for the maintenance of these aircraft not to talk of operational cost and other expenses."

"We intend for instance, to bring back our National carrier, the Nigerian Airways. We shall do this by bringing all the aircraft in the presidential fleet into the Nigerian airway and within a year increase the fleet into about 20." -Muhammadu Buhari (February 2015, Nigerians in UK)

"Why do I need to embark on a foreign trip as a president with a huge crowd with public funds? Why do I need to go for foreign medical trip if we cannot make our hospital functional?" - Muhammadu Buhari (February 2015, Nigerians in UK)

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Stalwert: 8:30pm On Apr 05, 2020

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Racoon:
Nonsense lies, half truth, silly propaganda, Shitcrap and bullcrap.The gross incompetency, ineptitude and utter uselessness of this government have been exposed by the Coronavirus pandemic.

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What is the lie there that your idiotic drunkard of oteueke denied the capture of 276 Chibok girls and couldn't even free a single one or that PMB has rescuer 100s of them and linked them with their families? That US and Britain refused to
do military deals with womanising drunkard but today do military deals with us? That BH which controlled a territory the size of France no longer holds such? That PMB has used recovered loote to fund social security projects and did not delude himself in to thinking the number of private jets is an indication of national prosperity? That Nigeria's cabinet is equally shared amongst Christians and Muslims?

Repeating the same senseless noise over and over again won't bring your oteueke drunk back to power!!!!

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Stalwert: 8:34pm On Apr 05, 2020

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johnmartus:
This is lies they have been telling the president. All these political aides they are the real enemy of humanity.

They will never tell the president the truth and they will not allow those who will tell the president truths to get to him.

Although pdp systematically destroyed the country beyond repair... But 5 years was enough to turn things around.

The way political appointees dish out lying wouldn't allow this present government to achieve anything at the end of everything. People are crying for help and the country are in big mess but you Garba said no its opposition that crying.

Anyway we know that this country can't be better than this. Since politicians dont want to repent from their crooked way. Disloyalty, favoritism, religious bigots, hatred, sentiments selfish interest and tribalism is our problem in Nigeria.

Maybe if the country change the system of government or better still the country divide into 3.

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Ipob celebrated the slowpoke Trump, today all the gains he claimed he brought to the US has been reverse and to top it off he recorded the worst unemployment records in the US history. Now US is well equipped they can produce dollars by simply printing it, we in Nigeria don't have that luxury and only a novice will think a damaged over 16 years can be reversed in 5 years yet PMB is doing miracles with the little, he has ended paying staff salary with borrowed funds instead has focused borrowing on infrastructure, he has ended out dependency on foreign rice which many including you locked against, yet you cannot see this turn around.

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by helinues: 8:34pm On Apr 05, 2020

Racoon:
"It's Time To Restructure Nigeria: The present situation of things where all component units get monthly allocation from the Federal Government only makes the states lazy and unproductive." - Nasiru El-Rufai (August 2010)

"Jonathan should resign if he has no solution to the violence being unleashed on some parts of the country." - Nasiru El-Rufai (August 2012)

"Waste: Let me give an instance, presently, there are more than 6 aircraft in the presidential fleet. What do you call that? "Billions of naira is budgeted every year for the maintenance of these aircraft not to talk of operational cost and other expenses."

"We intend for instance, to bring back our National carrier, the Nigerian Airways. We shall do this by bringing all the aircraft in the presidential fleet into the Nigerian airway and within a year increase the fleet into about 20." -Muhammadu Buhari (February 2015, Nigerians in UK)

"Why do I need to embark on a foreign trip as a president with a huge crowd with public funds? Why do I need to go for foreign medical trip if we cannot make our hospital functional?" - Muhammadu Buhari (February 2015, Nigerians in UK)

Stop regurgitating trash on NL..

Are you not tired since 2015

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Racoon(m): 8:38pm On Apr 05, 2020

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Stalwert:
What is the lie there that your idiotic drunkard of oteueke denied the capture of 276 Chibok girls and couldn't even free a single one or that PMB has rescuer 100s of them and linked them with their families?

That US and Britain refused to do military deals with womanising drunkard but today do military deals with us? That BH which controlled a territory the size of France no longer holds such?

That PMB has used recovered loote to fund social security projects and did not delude himself in to thinking the number of private jets is an indication of national prosperity? That Nigeria's cabinet is equally shared amongst Christians and Muslims?

Repeating the same senseless noise over and over again won't bring your oteueke drunk back to power!!!!

[/s]

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Racoon(m): 8:40pm On Apr 05, 2020*

helinues:
Stop regurgitating trash on NL.Are you not tired since 2015

Counter it-are the assertion true or false. Keep zombiesm aside.Dont be aversed to the truth.

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by helinues: 8:41pm On Apr 05, 2020

Racoon:
Counter it-and the assertion true or false. Keep zombiesm aside.

Things that have been trashed countless time on NL..

Are you not creative to come up with something new wailing vampires

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Stalwert: 8:42pm On Apr 05, 2020

Racoon:
o

E feffeer am ,

oteueke drunkard is not coming back oh workers of iniquity.

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Racoon(m): 8:42pm On Apr 05, 2020

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Stalwert:
Ipob celebrated the slowpoke Trump, today all the gains he claimed he brought to the US has been reverse and to top it off he recorded the worst unemployment records in the US history.

Now US is well equipped they can produce dollars by simply printing it, we in Nigeria don't have that luxury and only a novice will think a damaged over 16 years can be reversed in 5 years yet PMB is doing miracles with the little.

He has ended paying staff salary with borrowed funds instead has focused borrowing on infrastructure, he has ended out dependency on foreign rice which many including you locked against, yet you cannot see this turn around.

[/s] Trump is many miles far better than the slowpoke, lifeless, useless bloody terrorist-loving/amnesty granting man Nigeria is unfortunate to have as president.

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Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Stalwert: 8:44pm On Apr 05, 2020

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Racoon:
Counter it-are the assertion true or false. Keep zombiesm aside.Dont be averse to the truth.

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some people without Jogogoro in power are as helpless as a fish out water. Without being paid they have no intellectual contribution to make in any discussion.

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Stalwert: 8:47pm On Apr 05, 2020

Racoon:
[s] Trump is many miles far better than the slowpoke, lifeless, useless bloody terrorist-loving/amnesty granting man Nigeria is unfortunate to have as president.

[/s]

Trump that is a liar will always be better in the eyes of the likes of Jogogoro and Atiku supporters they are amoral and are easily swayed by perverse beings.

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by Racoon(m): 8:47pm On Apr 05, 2020

helinues:
Things that have been trashed countless time on NL.Are you not creative to come up with something new wailing vampires

Go through my DM and get yourself educated man.

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by LivingSage: 8:47pm On Apr 05, 2020

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by johnmartus(m): 8:50pm On Apr 05, 2020

I don't have your time right now.

Stalwert:
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Ipob celebrated the slowpoke Trump, today all the gains he claimed he brought to the US has been reverse and to top it off he recorded the worst unemployment records in the US history. Now US is well equipped they can produce dollars by simply printing it, we in Nigeria don't have that luxury and only a novice will think a damaged over 16 years can be reversed in 5 years yet PMB is doing miracles with the little, he has ended paying staff salary with borrowed funds instead has focused borrowing on infrastructure, he has ended out dependency on foreign rice which many including you locked against, yet you cannot see this turn around.

Re: Nigeria And The Life After – By Garba Shehu by helinues: 8:51pm On Apr 05, 2020

Racoon:
Go through my DM and get yourself educated man.

Why should I waste my time going through your DM... Definitely na jargons go dey there now..

When last have you made sensible comments on NL except from shouting Buhari upadan as if he is slapping you spiritually..

Yet, the same Buhari you have been shouting his name since 2015 is not aware of your existence.

Do something meaningful with your time and stop claiming resident wailing vampires on NL

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