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Politics › Re: Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 11:14am On Feb 26, 2018
ClumsyFlimsy:
I remember this useless moniker claiming to be an Igbo man


U for just tell me say u dey campaign for atiku na


No wonder u said Donald Duck was a mumu


Foolish man
Foolishness mus be running in your gene, chromosomes and DNA combined for you to accuse me wrongly. Do you always have brain damage in the morning time too? Show me where I claimed to be Igbo or forever shut your trap you this fake Igbo wannabe
Celebrities › Re: Simi Rocks Henna Tattoo (Photos) by Ratello: 10:52am On Feb 26, 2018
Nutase:
cool




How is that your business?
I am suspecting you grin embarassed
Politics › Re: Half Of Dapchi Schoolgirls Taken To Niger Republic by Ratello: 10:41am On Feb 26, 2018
This is why you should not wish evil to others who would have thought that the APC diabolical government will be repeating the same mistakes the PDP government made under Jonathan even in a more terrible and meaner version. Buhari was busy whining and dining when Benue was in blood the same he did on Fulani Herdsmen attacks in Kogi, Adamawa etc. woe betide any monster chanting Sai baba or Buhari till 2023 again.
Politics › Re: A Test Of Popularity Between Buhari And Atiku! by Ratello(op): 9:32am On Feb 26, 2018
Ovamboland:
Which weight did Atiku pull when he contested the presidency in 2007?

Am not sure he even won his own state Adamawa in that election
You must understand that 2007 was not a right time to contest but being a strong willed fellow who believed in his capability choose to run under a Yoruba party, AC against a National party, PDP, and let me tell you despite polling almost 3 million votes the results was not a true reflection of what truly transpires. The answer to your confusion is supplied here; https://www.nairaland.com/4320919/projected-atikus-masterstroke-statistical-analyses
Politics › Re: Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 9:24am On Feb 26, 2018
MrMystrO:
My brother, i understand you. Anyway that is why we are in a democracy You can go ahead and vote Atiku if that is what you want, it's Your Right! But i hope you're 100% sure you know who you're Rooting for because if later you begin crying again and begging for someone other than atiku, It would be very sad indeed because even animals learn from their mistakes, Talk more of Humans, the so called higher animals. Have a wonderful day sir.
You can bookmark my submissions on Atiku sir, I can guarantee that he will be the best out of the park if given the chance. Trust me his track records speak volume and he seems to be battle ready for governance unlike those accidental occupiers we have paraded in time past. Obasanjo, Yar'adua, Jonathan and Buhari were never ready for governance when they became Presidents, hope you feel me now? Great week to you bro.
Politics › Re: I Support President Buhari For 2019 by Ratello: 9:01am On Feb 26, 2018
Earthkumy:
The same scenario that played out under Goodluck Jonathan, is the same scenario playing out under Buhari, the same method of kidnapping. Using insecurity to play on our motions to in other to win presidency. I haven't been privileged to have spiritual insight on this kidnapping and the names of those behind it which they are in PDP as well as in APC.
The same way I supported GEJ when I saw the bloody gang up against him is the same way I'm going to support president Buhari no one will blackmail my emotion with the killings of the innocence.
I believe their plan to have firm grip on power didn't go well that is why they are doing the same thing all over again. But whatever their plan is it will not go well for them. From now henceforth I'll be praying for president buhari and I will charge you christians to do the same no one will use the life of the innocent to play politics and win this nonsense has to stop, long live the republic of nigeria now live president Buhari
I am sure you are typing this from an isolated place I don't think you really know what is going on in the streets. Well, it's your choice and I wish you safe journey just don't be caught rigging because that could be your last please. I wish you well!
Politics › Re: A Test Of Popularity Between Buhari And Atiku! by Ratello(op): 8:58am On Feb 26, 2018
Trustme2:
I tell you the truth and I lie not
The Aboki that will vote are on the street
Forget all these online polls
Forget those lies those abokis you are talking about are not up to anything what they do is to rig and rig but will keep deceiving your likes of some funny almajiris doing the voting. We intellectuals and the real voters are more than them all
Politics › Re: A Test Of Popularity Between Buhari And Atiku! by Ratello(op):
I will keep updating here: Atiku leading with 71 Likes and Buhari following with 9 Shares
Politics › Re: Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 8:45am On Feb 26, 2018
MrMystrO:
Lol okay now i see where you're coming from, you want me to Atikulate hahaha..

Anyway to be clear, i Never and would Never support buhari. I remember this same scenario playing out in 2014, i was still in school then.. Everybody was supporting buhari because GEJ's Government was so bad they just wanted him out by all means.. i was saying i know GEJ is bad, But buhari will be worse, i kept warning them that history is available for you to know what this man did in his time as Head of state but their hate for GEJ clouded their reasoning. Eventually they succeeded in fostering this Calamity on Us. Now the same scenario is playing out again and I'm still Saying the same thing again, Nigerians are we cursed?? its like we have really been cursed in this country. Anyway, you can vote for Atiku if you want but those who have ears, Let them Hear!!
Now I know where you are coming from however I will still put it to you that your notion about Atiku is clearly wrong bro and it is a question of time you will understand what I am talking about. Atiku is not Buhari and will never be. Atiku will perform beyond expectations, his antecedent in and out of politics will speak for him. Like QuotaSystem said, he is not an extremist and this is what Nigerians need now.
Politics › Re: Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 8:39am On Feb 26, 2018
FakoMaybach1:
I was vehemently against Atiku before, but he is slowly winning me to his side.

Many APC apologist say there is no option to Buhari, and sadly it is true, No man has come to bell the cat except Atiku

I will vote for Atiku and give him a 4 year test, if he fails well na to kick am out too

No matter what you call Atiku, he is not nepotistic or a tribal bigot like Buhari..we need a united Nigeria more than ever
God bless your brain because you really know how to discern things that are deep. Despite warning them against the irony of a Buhari presidency in reality they failed to listen now see where it has led us. Atiku had never been President, so I wonder how people judge him already that he will be a bad one despite his influence in Obasanjo's government that gave us lifeline against the economic woes we inherited from the military junta's mess we inherited in 1999, honestly speaking I can't forget that magical wand on Economic dynamism that government applied to save Nigeria from going down.
Politics › Re: Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 8:23am On Feb 26, 2018
MrMystrO:
Hey, can't you be smart for once or at least pretend to be smart for once in your life? Who doesn't know that Buhari's Government is the worst Nigeria has ever had? But then because of that we should Now move from frying pan to fire? This is the same story of Nigerians all over again : We complain that a government is so bad and we want that government out by all means that end up installing people are worse than the Previous ones! How sure are you that Atiku's Government will not be Worse than Buhari's own? If you could see the future and you see that Atiku's Regime(Thats if he manages to win) is worse than buharis own, Will you still prefer Atiku or stick to Buhari for now until we have someone who can make a change? Try and be smart for once my brother, we have always been moving from frying pan to fire in this country my brother E neva do??
You will soon run out of steam for being this diabolical still chanting Sai Baba can't you see that Nigeria is dying under this evil administration of your god, Buhari, why are you like this? Do you want aggrieved Nigerians to place a perpetual curse on you folks for life. Stop marketing that useless and demonic government of Buhari here please and start Atikulating immediately.
Politics › Re: Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 8:16am On Feb 26, 2018
wristbangle:
I reject this in Jesus name. So u are also a stench follower of Atiku. Omg see how Nigeria has reduced the youths intelligence to load of bread.
Truth hurts my analyst and BMC chieftain. He just told you the naked truth which you hate to hear
Politics › Re: A Test Of Popularity Between Buhari And Atiku! by Ratello(op): 8:13am On Feb 26, 2018
Haganah:
Save your quest for likes! Unfortunately Buhari will win again, listen as i tell you why?

1. His base is strong and politically alert. The northerners (adults, children and foreigners who will vote Buhari have given him his 14m. And they love to vote even for a plate of kunu.

2. His base is spread around the country. The Yorubas (who lack a mind of their own) will only vote as Tinubu tells them. With a lot against him Tinubu has no choice but to support Buhari. The hordes of Hausas in the Southwest will ensure that he gets his required 25%.

3. One year to elections there is no viable candidate from APC or the opposition. As it stands now it’s already too late to get one who will
Pose a threat to Buhari.

4. Now this is where it gets interesting- INEC will ensure that the card readers don’t work in the North and the alternative will be used. In the south, there is a well established plan to frustrate voters. Stay alert for updates from INEC between June and August 2018.

5. BBNAIJA will air around the time of the elections. Our youth will be busy watching porn while their future is carted away.

6. Lagos, Oyo, Ekiti, Rivers, IMO, Bayelsa and Cross River will experience violent uprisings from September. MEND (APC) will be used to create instability leading to military intervention in Delta and Akwa Ibom states.

7. As a fallout of the national outcry after the elections the army will move to quell the situation. Southern military officers will leave and expose many state secrets including the events of September 2017 (Nnamdi Kanu’s abduction). Osibanjo will resign less than two months after.

Save these facts. I have never been proven wrong.
Most times it pissed me off when I see youths reasoning this way and still forming analyst. You must understand that this time around many factors are working against Buhari like it worked against Jonathan in 2015. Buhari's popularity even in the north keeps dropping everyday, he is contesting against a fellow northerner this time around which will affect his usual bulk votes of 12 million, remember this was how he lost more than 6 million votes when he contested against a fellow Northerner, Yar'adua in 2007, compared to his usual 12 million+ votes he had in 2003 when he slugged it out with a Southerner, Olusegun Obasanjo. The strategy is, use a fellow Northerner that is strong against Buhari in 2019 and that is all, not talking of his rudderless and autocratic style of governance on one side mind you. Stop this unnecessary analyses bro, the only option available to Buhari now is rigging and he will destroy himself if he tries that. Regarding your schemed skirmishes being planned in those aforementioned states I think with some smart politicians now at the helms of affairs of PDP like Secondus, Wike, Fayose, and many more, I don't see that working. 2019 will be very interesting definitely not for Buhari.
Business › Re: Folorunsho Alakija’s Story About ‘useless Oil Block’ Is A Con Story – Journalist by Ratello: 7:59am On Feb 26, 2018
Na wao make them allow this woman rest jare she don hammer she don hammer be that as long as she no do ritual to make her huge money abeg free the woman. Truly, Grace found her that favour to be this rich
Politics › Re: Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 1:31am On Feb 26, 2018
seniwellsFX:
And ur sitting president has continued to fight hard so as to take off the name tag "Fulani herdsmen" from the blood sucking demons. Buhari and his urchins even want the extent of telling Nigerians that they are foreigners. What effrontery. Will u vote in atiku's if he ends up calling the killer Fulani herdsmen for what they truly are? U are the hypocritic parasite. Scum.
My brother you get time sef, these lost ones can only be cured from their chronic zombeism on that great day of election when it will dawn on them that Baba Daura is on his way to Daura.
Politics › A Test Of Popularity Between Buhari And Atiku! by Ratello(op):
It is becoming glaring that two candidates, Muhammadu Buhari and Alhaji Abubakar Atiku are dazzling the cyberspace by coming on and on in the news and it is no brainer that Alhaji Atiku may be the likely candidate of PDP at the 2019 Presidential polls having being in the game for over 24 years and hence he is more like a household name in Nigeria and on the other hand is the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari who is still testing the waters but from all feelers, he is definitely going to contest as the ruling party, APC's candidate at the 2019 polls

We all are warming up to vote our consciences and if the time comes and we are left with these two which is likely because head or tail, the two party system has come to stay in Nigeria and they are APC and PDP. So Nairalanders over to you......"Likes for Atiku" and "Share for Buhari"!

Cc: Seun, Lalasticlala please we are in election season kindly push this to the front page
Politics › Re: Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 1:11am On Feb 26, 2018
FakoMaybach1:
I was vehemently against Atiku before, but he is slowly winning me to his side.

Many APC apologist say there is no option to Buhari, and sadly it is true, No man has come to bell the cat except Atiku

I will vote for Atiku and give him a 4 year test, if he fails well na to kick am out too

No matter what you call Atiku, he is not nepotistic or a tribal bigot like Buhari..we need a united Nigeria more than ever
God bless you my brother, I used to express the same feelings toward this innocent man based on what I hear around until I decided to do a thorough research on him. Atiku is indeed a case study meant to be studied before you can draw out your conclusions either for good or bad on him, unfortunately many of our youths are intellectually lazy to do that but would rather depend on innuendos being peddled around by the likes of Obasanjo against Atiku and thereby formed their flawed opinions on him. Below is Atiku in his own words with a link to verify those claims:

Atiku In His Own Words;

 “People say I became rich in government. It’s a lie. I had hundreds of millions of dollars in assets declared in 1999. I was able to personally bankroll the Peoples Democratic Party back then, so surely, I was not poor.” (Atiku responding to the allegations that he enriched himself while in office as Vice President)

“I Go Dye, I’m not a messiah. I do not promise Eldorado or $1 = N1, but I always ask that we should look at the economic progress we made under my leadership and what I am doing in private business and judge me by those.” Atiku also stated that he assembled the best economic team ever in Nigeria, adding that the team brought stability to the economy in 1999 after years of military rule." (Atiku's response to "I Go Dye", a Nigerian popular Comedian, on why he is qualified and a better candidate to become President of Nigeria)

“As VP, I assembled what is arguably the best economic team ever in Nigeria. It was made up of young, world-class professionals, who came home to work. Some of those professionals are now political leaders, governors and world leaders in their own right,” Abubakar claimed in his letter." (Atiku's influence on the economic development of Nigeria as the Head of the National Economic Council revealed here)

 “I remember the only corruption indictment against me was a white paper which was cooked up by our own administration overnight to including the very EFCC that I helped found and other cabinet ministers, which I challenged in court. The court rightly dismissed all those indictments as being mere political, and till today nobody has ever indicted me of corruption.” (This was his defense against the indictment cooked up against him by Obasanjo and EFCC which is yet to be proved by EFCC till date in any Court of law)

“For example, between 1999 and 2003, oil prices then were hovering between $16 and $28 yet we managed to pay up salary arrears from decades back, clear up our national debts and build up foreign reserves. Our Gross Domestic Product grew at the fastest rate we’ve seen since the return to democracy.” (Despite decades of military  rule, the Obasanjo/Atiku era brought Nigeria out of the woods based on "working economic policies" Atiku helped set up)

 “I regret that I had that disagreement with my boss. Some say I was disloyal, but I looked at the events in Zimbabwe recently, and it gives me confidence that I did the right thing fighting the attempts to elongate the presidential tenure beyond eight years. If I did not win that fight, do you think we would be having a discussion on young people getting into leadership today?” (His stand on why he had to fight the illegal Third Term ambition of his boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, which would have set a bad precedence for future administrations)

“I went to the World Bank and met a bright lady, convinced her to come back home, and she became a star in our government. To show you we had effective leadership, the same lady could not replicate her exploits under a different government,”  (On his discovery of the one and only Madam Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former, Minister of Finance)

 “In my home state of Adamawa, for example, I’ve created over 50,000 direct jobs and 250,000 indirect ones. We are the largest private employers of labour in the state, only second to the state government. It’s not a lot, but it does help reduce unemployment. Who do you think are holding those jobs? Yes, young people.” (This is Alhaji Atiku's direct and indirect impacts on employments as an individual)

All What Atiku Is Saying Is, "Judge Me On My Track Records In Political And Business Careers And Not On Innuendoes"

You can verify those quotes of Atiku through this link - https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/how-is-atiku-very-corrupt.html
Politics › Re: Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 11:32pm On Feb 25, 2018
Proffeluczy1:
Mind your speech as well. Abraham Lincoln became one of the best presidents in America but unfortunately, buhari becomes the worst ever in the history of Nigeria.

When will you Nigerians grow to read the minds of people aspiring for Presidency? I sympathize with Nigerians. May you be gifted with spiritual eyes as to foresee the good and bad aspirants in other to cast your votes right.
Atiku In His Own Words;

“People say I became rich in government. It’s a lie. I had hundreds of millions of dollars in assets declared in 1999. I was able to personally bankroll the Peoples Democratic Party back then, so surely, I was not poor.” (Atiku responding to the allegations that he enriched himself while in office as Vice President)

“I Go Dye, I’m not a messiah. I do not promise Eldorado or $1 = N1, but I always ask that we should look at the economic progress we made under my leadership and what I am doing in private business and judge me by those.” Atiku also stated that he assembled the best economic team ever in Nigeria, adding that the team brought stability to the economy in 1999 after years of military rule." (Atiku's response to "I Go Dye", a Nigerian popular Comedian, on why he is qualified and a better candidate to become President of Nigeria)

“As VP, I assembled what is arguably the best economic team ever in Nigeria. It was made up of young, world-class professionals, who came home to work. Some of those professionals are now political leaders, governors and world leaders in their own right,” Abubakar claimed in his letter." (Atiku's influence on the economic development of Nigeria as the Head of the National Economic Council revealed here)

“I remember the only corruption indictment against me was a white paper which was cooked up by our own administration overnight to including the very EFCC that I helped found and other cabinet ministers, which I challenged in court. The court rightly dismissed all those indictments as being mere political, and till today nobody has ever indicted me of corruption.” (This was his defense against the indictment cooked up against him by Obasanjo and EFCC which is yet to be proved by EFCC till date in any Court of law)

“For example, between 1999 and 2003, oil prices then were hovering between $16 and $28 yet we managed to pay up salary arrears from decades back, clear up our national debts and build up foreign reserves. Our Gross Domestic Product grew at the fastest rate we’ve seen since the return to democracy.” (Despite decades of military rule, the Obasanjo/Atiku era brought Nigeria out of the woods based on "working economic policies" Atiku helped set up)

“I regret that I had that disagreement with my boss. Some say I was disloyal, but I looked at the events in Zimbabwe recently, and it gives me confidence that I did the right thing fighting the attempts to elongate the presidential tenure beyond eight years. If I did not win that fight, do you think we would be having a discussion on young people getting into leadership today?” (His stand on why he had to fight the illegal Third Term ambition of his boss, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, which would have set a bad precedence for future administrations)

“I went to the World Bank and met a bright lady, convinced her to come back home, and she became a star in our government. To show you we had effective leadership, the same lady could not replicate her exploits under a different government,” (On his discovery of the one and only Madam Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former, Minister of Finance)

“In my home state of Adamawa, for example, I’ve created over 50,000 direct jobs and 250,000 indirect ones. We are the largest private employers of labour in the state, only second to the state government. It’s not a lot, but it does help reduce unemployment. Who do you think are holding those jobs? Yes, young people.” (This is Alhaji Atiku's direct and indirect impacts on employments as an individual)

All What Atiku Is Saying Is, "Judge Me On My Track Records On Political And Business Careers And Not On Innuendos"
Politics › Re: Buhari is sinking Nigeria with Debt.. by Ratello: 7:30pm On Feb 25, 2018
dlondonbadboy:
Did you know that in 3years Presidoit momodu Buhary has borrowed over 11trillion? No completed project! No light! No improvement of the lives of Nigerians!!

And the herdsman is about to borrow again?

If you are still supporting Buhari you are a complete goat, complete black goat...
To even think the despot had used over N21 trillion on budgets yet Nigeria is still looking like one miserable shithole is alarming shocked shocked I think I need to join you in calling those Sai Buhari chanters black goats truly
Politics › Re: Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 7:25pm On Feb 25, 2018
AirFireEarthH20:
The speech is very presidential.


I salute you our incoming President. You're the hope of the common man
You have said it as it is. If it is not Atiku I don't know who else!
Politics › Re: Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 7:07pm On Feb 25, 2018
UbanmeUdie:
shocked




A very commendable speech from a political destitute.


Many years ago, i read one of Mike Murdock's books titled, The Power of Recognition.


I think Atiku Abubakar needs a copy of it because, he clearly hasn't recognized that becoming Nigeria's president is not his destiny.


It is foolishness for a man to be chasing the wind.


I pity him & those cheering him to further humiliation are his enemies.


Atiku Abubakar, I am your friend...... mind your investments and kindly accept your death certificate as one who has died from the Nigerian political world.
You just sat down in one corner of your room to type what you don't know about Atiku and his future. You want to know how many times Abraham Lincoln tried contesting for political posts and yet keep losing to the extent that he was branded a serial loser? I am sure you are aware that he eventually became one of Ameruca'a best President ever. In Nigeria here, Buhari had been contesting for the past 12 years only for him to be voted into power by you lots in his 16th year of contesting which happens to be his 4th attempt sp alagba you don't know what you are saying about Atiku's destiny. I suggest you go and read that book you recommended yourself!
Politics › Re: Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 6:40pm On Feb 25, 2018
If not for anything his track records in the area of always fitting in round pegs in round holes during the time he headed the National Economic Council under Obasanjo (1999-2007) was one of the reasons Nigeria stayed buoyant economically despite inheriting a paltry $3.2 billion forex from General Abdulsalam. His impacts in the area of employments is another plus. I support ProjectAtiku 2019!
Politics › Re: 2019: How Prepared Are Opposition Parties? by Ratello: 6:32pm On Feb 25, 2018
AngryRebel:
Just look at how the zombies up there,with the exception of Ratello are foaming from mouth to their anus grin grin grin
grin cheesy grin grin cheesy grin that your rifle ehn.. No be for here grin cheesy
Politics › Re: 2019: APC, PDP Set For War In Kano, Kaduna, 13 Other ‘fluid’ States by Ratello: 6:26pm On Feb 25, 2018
smokedfish:
i am not saying kwankwaso should be pdp presidential candidate
Ok bro.
Politics › Re: 2019: APC, PDP Set For War In Kano, Kaduna, 13 Other ‘fluid’ States by Ratello: 6:26pm On Feb 25, 2018
senatordave1:
How will they lose osun and kaduna? So becausd apc lost a senatorial seat in osun,there are now weak? How can you even think buhari would lose in kaduna his place of residence?
You are just unnecessarily stubborn and blind on this your warped analyses here on this failure called Buhari. Just don't be part of those scoundrels that will try to rig for APC please because I still want to see you alive!
Politics › Full Text Of What Atiku Said About Buhari Government, Killings & Restructuring by Ratello(op): 6:09pm On Feb 25, 2018
Full text of what Atiku said about Buhari govt, killings in Nigeria, restructuring

Published on February 25, 2018 By Wale Odunsi 

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has again asked the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to work harder to improve the lives of Nigerians.

Atiku, in his keynote speech delivered at the Silverbird Man Of The Year 2017, also spoke on killings across the country.


He lamented the situation stated that security of lives and property must be more guaranteed.

On restructuring, he said if he becomes the nation’s leader, “no state receive less money from the federation account than it currently does.”

Full text of his speech below…

“Ladies and gentlemen, I am honoured to be given this privilege to give the keynote speech at the Silverbird Man of the Year 2017 ceremony.


I know the organizers have collated the votes and this will lead to the emergence of the official Silverbird man of the year. However, my man of the year are also the gallant men and women of the Nigerian Armed Forces who paid the supreme price to protect us from terrorists and those who desire to divide us.

Our nation is going through a lot of challenges. There are challenges to our unity, economic challenges and most worrisome of all are the security challenges we are currently facing.

These challenges are actually symptoms. They are not the ailment. And as any doctor will tell you, you cannot get genuine long-lasting relief if you treat symptoms. You have to target and treat the root cause of the disease.

What is happening in Nigeria is that as a nation, we are caught up in a modern-day Malthusian Trap. For years, our population has been growing faster than our Gross Domestic Product, bringing us to a point where we have an ever-increasing population competing for resources that are not keeping pace with population growth.


It may sound simplistic, but if Nigeria can assemble a leadership focused on getting us out of this Malthusian Trap by gradually reversing the trend where population growth exceeds GDP growth, many of these challenges we are currently facing will slowly but surely fade away.

Last year, we celebrated the fact that we exited our first recession in 25 years. To me, that celebration was premature.

After contracting for five consecutive quarters, Nigeria came out of recession in the second quarter of 2017 with a GDP growth rate of 0.55%. In the third quarter, we fared better with 1.40%.

While this looks somewhat like we exited the recession, the reality is that when you factor in our population growth rate of 2.3%, which is one of the highest in the world, have we really exited a recession? Technically, yes, but in reality, it is doubtful.

This month of February 2018, according to the World Poverty Clock, Nigeria has just overtaken India as the world’s capital of extreme poverty. There are more extremely poor people in Nigeria than there are in India, a country that has six times Nigeria’s population.

When people do not have jobs and the means to start a business are beyond their reach, they are incrementally much more likely to engage in criminal behaviours like terrorism, kidnapping, militancy and armed robbery.

According to the African Development Bank, in 2017, 18 African countries grew their Gross Domestic Product above 5%. Nigeria, which was number one in 2014, was not amongst these nations. We must figure out what has happened in the intervening years between 2014 and 2018 and fix what went wrong.

What happened to brilliant initiatives like the YouWIN programme which gave Nigerian youths the training and funding to start their own businesses?

Nigeria has a median age of 18.3 years. Our population is young. So when we have successful and laudable initiatives like YouWIN, which according to the World Bank, was two and a half times more effective than Mexico’s similar youth job initiative and ten times more effective than Turkey’s own version, we must continue them even when there has been a change in administration.

We talk of fighting corruption, but let us move beyond sentiments and media trials and look at the facts.

We must try to identify why, though we have been ostensibly fighting corruption for the past few years, Transparency International, the official global anti-corruption monitoring agency, has not increased our Corruption Perception Index rating. The last time we made progress was in 2014.

Not to belabour the point, but we have to kill the snake of corruption that swallows the commonwealth that should lift our people up from poverty. Whether that snake is in a JAMB Office or any other government office, we must kill it or it will kill us.
Einstein said that insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results.

We have been in denial about restructuring, but with a failing economy, worsening insecurity, and negative indices in almost all spheres of the human development index, we can no longer run from the obvious.

Nigeria needs to be restructured. We must embrace restructuring as something that must be done to fix Nigeria’s broken systems and not just a campaign gimmick that we fish out of our magic hats and deny after we have gotten what we want.

Let me say this: The Restructuring that I, Atiku Abubakar, envisions, will see no state receive less money from the federation account than it currently does. I hope that will ease the anxieties of some who oppose restructuring. Restructuring will not cheat you. It will free you.

When I was in government, we reduced recurrent expenditure by introducing the monetization Policy and by privatizing many government enterprises, especially those that were consuming resources without generating revenue. Those policies have been bastardized today and we have seen a ballooning of our recurrent expenditure and shrinkage of our capital expenditure. We must return to the basics.

We cannot spend 70% of our budget on recurrent expenditure at a time Nigeria has more unemployed or underemployed people than the entire population of the Republic of Cameroon.

Many of you in the audience and those of you watching from home may be surprised to know that when I was a teenager, the Saudi Royal Family came to Nigeria for medical tourism and precisely to the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

Can you imagine how I feel that now that I am an adult, Nigerians, and especially our leaders, are Africa’s Number One medical tourists.

We have to enact laws to prevent leaders from diverting public funds from the public health sector to the treatment of the elite in the best hospitals abroad. If you can afford it from your own private resources, then pay for it. But do not make the tax payer pay for it.

We are in critical times, and as I conclude, I want to urge a paradigm shift in Nigeria. Our elite are treated in Europe. Big Brother Naija is being broadcast from South Africa and Nike is unveiling our FIFA World Cup Jersey in London. Is this the extent to which we have outsourced Nigeria? As far as I am concerned, if it concerns Nigeria, it must be done in Nigeria, not abroad. Not abroad.

Finally, let me say to Borno, Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Plateau, Kaduna and now Zamfara, I feel your pains on the recent deaths you have suffered and the time has come for all Nigerians to say together, no more! These senseless killings must end!

As a wise-man once said, that no one’s religious, economic or social interests is worth the shedding of blood.

We must accept that the difference between Nigerians is not North and South, Christian and Muslim or PDP and APC. The difference is between good and bad people and we must demonstrate that the good are much more than the bad.

Let me once again thank the organizers of the Silverbird Man of the Year Award for inviting me to give this keynote speech. Distinguished Senator Ben Bruce, please carry on with your common sense messages.

Thank you ladies and gentlemen and may God bless Nigeria!”

http://dailypost.ng/2018/02/25/full-text-atiku-said-buhari-govt-killings-nigeria-restructuring/

Politics › Re: 2019: What I Would Have Told Buhari - Afegbua, Babangida’s Spokesman by Ratello: 5:26pm On Feb 25, 2018
Buhari is not the type that listens
Politics › Re: 2019: APC, PDP Set For War In Kano, Kaduna, 13 Other ‘fluid’ States by Ratello: 5:13pm On Feb 25, 2018
smokedfish:
I can bet anitin that pdp will win kano once de can get kwankwaso
God forbid PDP should settle for a bigot like Kwankwanso and mind you Kano is just a State PDP needs someone with a National appeal to win APC at the polls and the only one that fits the position is Atiku.
Politics › Re: BREAKING: British And US Fighter Jets Lands In Dapchi Nigeria - Pics by Ratello: 7:10am On Feb 25, 2018
deomelllo:
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Ignorant, unintelligent and illiterate ipob bigots bore me..
We know you are annoyed because the way you rushed into this thread thinking you will see those fighter jets but only to be disappointed got you boiling cheesy grin cheesy grin but please don't fight and if you must fight you can spare with omenkalives your fellow labourer grin grin oya fight cheesy grin

Politics › Re: BREAKING: British And US Fighter Jets Lands In Dapchi Nigeria - Pics by Ratello: 7:10am On Feb 25, 2018
deomelllo:
[s][/s]



Ignorant, unintelligent and illiterate ipob bigots bore me..
We know you are annoyed because the way you rushed into this thread thinking you will see those fighter jets but only to be disappointed got you boiling cheesy grin cheesy grin but please don't fight and if you must fight you can spare with omenkalives your fellow labourer grin grin oya fight cheesy grin

Politics › Re: 2019: Reordering Of Election Illegal - Falana Tells NASS by Ratello: 5:16am On Feb 25, 2018
progress69:
Lol...
U sabi pass SAN and even Jega...
Oya dey argue with urself
You should be unprogressive69 with the way you reason upside down. Did you know how many SANs in that Senate? Did you know how many Constitutional Lawyers in that Senate? We are talking of the supremacy of the Constitution that birthed the Electoral Acts you are here talking of an unwritten law being peddled by one drunken master Falana and a professional rigger Jega. Please don't quote me again. Perhaps my brother Xisnin can help your miseries and confusion.

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