₦airaland Forum

Calibrator:
Not the ideal start to the season but the season mission remains the same.

He who laugh last, laughs best!

jpmoriarti:
Just win one treble. We already won 2 trebles .

Winning treble shouldn’t be an issue for 15 times UCL winner or is it an issue 😜?

Bacteria8:
Alonso doesn't like Bellingham... I have noticed it

Calibrator:
He is telling the truth, he was a quarter-finalist.

Na me send him home last season so I should know

Rarre:
2nd in table, quarterfinals
Eronsfc

iamoyindamola:
Hello guys
Kindly drop your email address for carling cup, state your team name and last season position

Calibrator:
No Salah or Haaland in my team this season.

Going for a balanced squad rather than marquee drafting this season.

Amoto94:
Say what you will, but facts remain sacred.

The Second Niger Bridge Asaba/Onisha, a generational promise, now fulfilled by General Muhammadu Buhari.

In railway development, a sector left for dead since the 1980s, Buhari did not merely talk but he built. The Abuja-Kaduna Rail Line, which now transports thousands daily. The Lagos-Ibadan Standard Gauge, a project of international class, was delivered. The Itakpe-Warri Rail Line, initiated since 1987, was completed under him, along with new stations across the route.

Power sector? While no administration can wave a magic wand over Nigeria’s complex electricity challenges, Buhari's government added over 4,000MW to the national grid through initiatives like the Siemens Power Project, the Zungeru Hydropower Plant, and the Kashimbilla Plant. For the first time, real groundwork was laid to decentralise the grid and attract private capital into renewables and mini-grids.

Airports were not left out. He commissioned the remodelled terminals of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (Abuja), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (Lagos), and completed the long-abandoned Enugu Airport rehabilitation. A new national carrier "Nigeria Air" was launched, even if its final take-off struggled with bureaucratic resistance.

Digital economy and ease of doing business? Buhari established the Ministry of Digital Economy, registered over 80 million Nigerians in the National Identity Database through NIMC, expanded broadband penetration from 33% in 2015 to nearly 50% in 2023, and improved Nigeria’s ranking in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index. He introduced the Finance Act, reviewed annually, which helped reform Nigeria’s tax laws for the first time in decades.

Corruption? The whistleblower policy recovered billions. The Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) saved Nigeria over N500 billion in ghost worker payments. The Treasury Single Account (TSA), long spoken about but never enforced, became policy. And for the first time, public officials were prosecuted, not spared, under his own government, including ministers and EFCC chairmen.

Security? Say what you will and yes, there were legitimate concerns but it was under Buhari that Nigeria significantly degraded Boko Haram in the Northeast. Over 100 Local Governments once under insurgent control were reclaimed. Hundreds of abducted citizens were rescued, and efforts were expanded to create a multi-national joint task force. He introduced Operation Safe Corridor to deradicalize repentant fighters, saving lives through diplomacy and reform, not just bullets.

Agriculture? The Anchor Borrowers' Programme empowered over 2.5 million farmers. Nigeria witnessed a return to self-sufficiency in rice production, a country that once spent $5 billion annually on food imports became one of Africa’s largest rice producers. Fertilizer blending plants grew from 4 in 2015 to over 40 by 2022, due to the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative.

Education? Over 1,000 new classroom blocks were built nationwide through the Universal Basic Education Commission. TETFund allocations to universities reached record highs. 21 new Federal Science and Technical Colleges were established. Buhari initiated Nigeria’s first national policy on Safe Schools in response to abductions, and secured partnerships for digital education platforms.

Youth empowerment? Buhari launched N-Power, the largest social employment scheme in Africa, empowering over 1 million Nigerian youth. Under the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), over 13 million Nigerians were lifted from extreme poverty through schemes like TraderMoni, MarketMoni, Conditional Cash Transfers, and the School Feeding Programme, feeding 10 million children daily.

Diplomacy? Buhari restored Nigeria's standing globally. He chaired ECOWAS twice. He brought back hundreds of stranded Nigerians from Libya, Ukraine, and Sudan. His foreign policy remained non-aligned, Pan-Africanist, and principle-driven, even as he rejected pressure to toe Western lines on issues like LGBT laws or religious liberalism. He held his ground, not to be loved by the West, but to be respected.

And above all, Buhari lived simply. No one accused him of owning a billion-dollar mansion. No son was seen driving Ferraris. No daughter threw a party in Dubai with public funds. He remained in the same house in Daura he had lived in for decades even as President.

May Allah have Mercy on him and forgive him his shortcomings.
Say what you will, but facts remain sacred.

Abdulwahab Ibn Yusuf Isah

Ellexy:
Dept Q. 8/10