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The roforofo Twitter squabbles between El-Rufai, Kaduna State Governor and Senator Ben Bruce (Bayelsa East Senatorial District) may not be far from over as the Senator insists on provable fact over myth on the construction of the rail project between Abuja and Kaduna.

magoo10:
Not just alms but sophisticated ak rifles,it is an established fact that these alms are used to terrorize their victims.
In my own view I think they are qualified to be declared terrorist.

The big question now is, why is it taking forever to call them terrorist group?

EternalTruths:
Which T Y Danjuma.?

The one that has kept quiet after Buhari rough handled him the last time he spoke last year.

Hello, I said T.Y Danjuma and not T.Y Bello. 1,000 Buharis cannot dare him please ask around. That's Buhari's boss dem no born Buhari well. T.Y Danjuma not T.Y Bello please. Don't mix them up

Trust me Buhari is a goner. T.Y Danjuma will definitely not take this easy. Some questions needs answers.

Buhari's hyped integrity had long been torn to shreds and he is stylishly dancing awilo back to Daura come 2019!

Pls read! Powerful letter from Dele momodu to clueless Pmb.

DELE MOMODU WRITES ANOTHER OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUHARI

'PLEASE, I BEG YOU...DON'T RUN FOR A SECOND TERM. GO HOME WITH YOUR HONOUR INTACT'

*'THOSE POLITICIANS ASKING YOU TO RUN AGAIN ARE DOING SO FOR SELFISH INTERESTS'

'...Kindly permit me to be as brutally frank as possible. As a stakeholder who made his modest contribution to your emergence as President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I owe you nothing but the truth. I was not a member of your party when I volunteered to support your mission and ambition in 2015. I was elated when Nigerians succeeded in chasing away the profligate and reckless government of the PDP, led by President Goodluck Jonathan. I was one of those who unleashed terror on that government and I subsequently presented you with a compilation of my articles in which I criticised and advised the then President, free of charge. I never expected that our situation could ever get worse under the APC government that almost literally promised heaven and earth. But it has become evident that it is easier to govern by words of mouth than by force of action.

It is indeed shameful that those like me who supported you so vociferously have become butts of jokes everywhere we go. Sir, I plead with you to ignore your acolytes who may be telling you that all is well in Nigeria. My unequivocal verdict, without any fear of contradiction is that things are very bad. While I will not, in all honesty, totally heap the blame on you, there is no doubt that your government has been less than competent. I’m reasonably convinced that you have not availed yourself of the abundant talents it has so pleased God to endow Nigeria with. Rather, you’ve chosen to saddle yourself with hungry lions and deadwoods that you’ve resurrected from penury and oblivion. Leadership should be about managing people and resources. Most of the people you are working with are already retired or tired and with little or nothing new to contribute.

It is grossly unfair that it was very convenient for us to lampoon and scandalise Dr Goodluck Jonathan, yet most of us have remained funereally silent and unreasonably complicit in the evil that the current men of power are perpetrating and perpetuating under your watch. Unknown to you Sir, some people are merely using you to rule by proxy. There is no evidence of discipline in your team, one of the greatest things you preached so fervently about in your first coming as military Head of State. Your acolytes are virtually getting away with murder. Someone, somewhere, sat down with birds of the same feathers, to conjure and compile the most disgraceful list of political appointees ever and yet nothing has happened to those who brought such perfidious insults on our nation. Instead, we are being regaled with tales by the moonlight to gloss over serious maladies in the polity and damning treachery against our nation. No serious apologies. No penitence. Only some foolhardy cockiness from those who will repeat the same nonsense when tomorrow comes.

Your Excellency, it has become very difficult, if not impossible to defend the excessive shortcomings of your government, please, permit my oxymoron Sir. We definitely want you to succeed but it seems some demons are desperately determined to make you fail by all means. The more your administration unravels, the more ridiculously hopeless it seems. You have waltzed from crisis to crisis instead of from glory to glory, as most of us expected. We thought you truly possessed the magic wand and talismanic effect to make all our problems evaporate and vamoose in a jiffy. We did not expect to be regularly mesmerised by impotent excuses galore.

I sincerely doff my hat to your wonderful wife for her rare and uncommon courage. Regardless of what her detractors may say, she is the only insider who has been trying to say it as it is. Even if some of her critics feel she’s seeking for relevance in your kingdom, it is still within her rights. I’m sure that when the day of reckoning comes, you will remember and appreciate her timely warnings. Without mincing words, what Madam Aisha Buhari has been trying to tell you in clear terms is that this government is swimming in a big foul mess and that you should not be carried away by the fake adulation and false adoration you see all around you. There is no government in Nigeria that did not enjoy the services of praise-singers who disappeared as soon as the government itself collapsed like a pack of cards. Ask President Jonathan!

I’m aware that your foot-soldiers are already warming up for the next election. I really do not know what they hope to tell and sell to the electorate this time, particularly after the colossal failure of the last three years. I do not see how they expect to fund your campaign without resorting to the same type of extravagant jamboree we witnessed in the dying and last days of the PDP’s prodigality. As a result of your decision to contest again, you are being forced by circumstances beyond your control to compromise and capitulate on your known principles. Is it not better, and more profitable, to return home, triumphantly, with your reputation intact than to win a pyrrhic victory with everything you ever stood for wasted on the altar of vainglorious aggrandisement? What guarantees do you have that you will win the next election even if you agree to sell Nigeria to the political gladiators?

Sir, I’m pleading with you in the name of God, the Merciful and all-powerful, that you don’t need two terms, or eight years in power, to prove your greatness. Nelson Mandela spent only one term in power and retired to superlative glory as the world’s most respected and revered and idolised statesman. Robert Mugabe spent about four decades in power, yet he returned home in total infamy and unenviable disgrace. It is a lesson of life that we must all learn, sooner rather than later, that man shall not live by power alone. I know my preaching is not likely to touch you and your hardened supporters but, at the very least, I want it to be on record that I spoke publicly, out of genuine love and concern, while you were being goaded on by those who stand to gain more if you win a re-election next year. For most of those asking you to continue, by fire and by force, it is always about their personal agenda and survival. They know their political careers would come to a shuddering halt and abrupt standstill should you fail in your bid to come back. In their desperation to come back at all costs, they are going to do exactly what PDP did, or even much worse. What moral authority would you then have to justify the continued detention and harassment of some of the PDP operatives accused of wasting government resources on Jonathan’s truncated re-election bid. Who amongst us can in good conscience say in the market place that you won the last election on pure merit and that no substantial government funding went into your campaigns.

This year promises to be an interesting one. You will soon discover how treacherous human beings can be when some of those hailing you today as the authentic messiah begin to show you their true colours. Our country is bleeding dangerously while some over-pampered politicians can only think of winning elections by hook or by crook. The quality of your appointees in recent time points to how directionless your government has finally become. In a country overflowing with so many amazing brains and talents, it is incredibly shameful that those are your best representatives for our country. The easiest way for a leader to fail is to continue to attract those much worse than himself. Conversely, the best way to succeed is for a leader to recognise and attract and surround himself with those much better in all aspects of human endeavour. This does not erase or take anything away from the leader but it actually enhances his personality and how he is perceived by everyone. The late sage of blessed memory, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, was a veritable example of how a leader can effectively tap into the collective brains of some geniuses and add to his own in a way that makes him appear super-human.

Nigeria has never been in short supply of whiz kids at home and abroad but Nigeria started dying when our leaders stopped respecting merit and preferred to enthrone mediocrity. The truth is mediocrity begets further mediocrity. The few good leaders in your government have not been able to display their wizardry out of fear and trepidation that some cabal would mark them out and hack them down so ruthlessly. It is a sign of the times, that the courage, astuteness and brilliance that made them stand out in the political crowd has suddenly taken flight and they are now little more than wimps in your insipid government. The bureaucracy in Abuja is enough to suffocate and disorientate any fertile mind.

If I were in your shoes, I would consider that it is not too late to groom and propel some of the best brains in APC or even those living beyond the shores of Nigeria to succeed me. You do not need to look far in this regard but I will not make any suggestions today, lest it be misinterpreted that I am touting any particular individual as a worthy successor. I’m reasonably convinced that you have worked very hard and seem to have reached your peak. To God be the glory. In a country of nearly 200 million people, God has been too kind to you. Apart from former President Olusegun Obasanjo, no other Nigerian has been given a second chance so miraculously. You will be able to justify this unmerited favour by leaving Nigeria much better than you met it. The only way you can do that in the next remaining year is to sacrifice your own personal ambition and hand over the country to proven and tested modern and cosmopolitan technocrats. The world has moved beyond the backwardness that we are being saddled with in Nigeria today. The world expect us to be the true giant and leader of Africa not by words but in deed.

My appeal to you is to urgently do a self-assessment to determine and decide on whether you are what Nigeria needs at this time and age for our country to join the comity of other nations in their march towards technological advancement, political stability, social security and economic prosperity.

With all due respect, Sir, if your answer is yes to the above, you may go ahead and contest but if in all honesty, the answer is no, my prayer is that you will find the courage and selfless spirit to quit the stage while the ovation is loudest. That in itself would be a deserving legacy. I’m watching and waiting for your patriotic decision with bated breath.

Thank you, Mr President, for your usual attention and kind consideration of my latest memo to you, albeit so early in the year.'

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/01/06/mr-president-man-shall-not-live-by-power-alone/


Culled from Thisday Backpage

seunmsg:
There is no smoke without fire. Atiku is a very desperate politician and he can go to any extent to achieve his aim. Someone is definitely sponsoring the murderous activities of the herdsmen to achieve a sinister motive. The allegation should be properly investigated by the relevant security agency.

My friend just keep quiet and stop foaming at the mouth if you are sure of his complicity kindly approach the nearest court of law.

They are definitely afraid of this man. I will Atikulate well by 2019!

Let's resist this poverty a spreading demonic government of no plan, direction and focus for her citizens headed by the lanky cattle rearer. I am with NLC

Information I got before now is that herdsmen are not authorised to go about their nomadic activities carrying sophisticated weapons like AK-47 while going on a killing spree terrorizing their hosts in the course of tending to their herds. The question is, how did a nomadic group of herdsmen turned into a terrorist group as a result of these sophisticated weapons they carry about and who authorized Fulani Herdsmen in Nigeria to be armed?

If the Change narrative of the 2015 election and the songs of man of integrity are to account for this, then Nigerians may have just certified themselves on the world map as a nation easy to fool with propaganda. An adult should be judged on his track record not on his tongue.

This is the crux of the matter I hope those monkeys chanting "Sai Baba" like Uakari and Spider monkeys can read and learn! It is about our future and good leadership!

The Rise and Fall of Buhari.

This write up coming from the London Economist, a magazine that endorsed Buhari for President in 2015, is perhaps the most significant, objective, unbiased, unsentimental and deeply incisive analysis of the policies and actions of this president so far. The facts are unimpeachable by any objective mind.

The Unprecedented Level of Patience Shown to Buhari---the ECONOMIST

Nigerians have never shown such level of patience and tolerance towards any of their past leaders for his record and strange policies as that shown to their current leader, Muhammadu Buhari – a former military dictator now self-confessed democrat who said he came to fight corruption.

Buhari, 75, is being plagued with failures across every single sector in the economy, the like as has never been seen before. Less than a year into office, the economy plummeted into recession, an economy which had till then grown at an average rate of 7% in previous years (2011-2014). The nation’s currency lost 70% of its value, unemployment rose from 6.5 to 26%, commodity prices tripled across many quarters and the state-regulated premium motor spirit prices were hiked by 67% without practically anybody batting an eye.

There have been stern opposition to his policies however and to his very personality as well, notably in the South East and South- South regions in the country as they are called, where he both received less than 5% of the votes cast at the last Presidential election and where he has always been sternly unpopular for his history of bigotry against the people, perceived incompetence and dictatorial tendencies. But in many other regions across the country the people have rather resolved to suffer patiently, drawing up excuses for him at will, blaming everyone including his hundreds of political appointees, anything and anybody but never the man himself.

Buhari’s party, the APC, promised Nigerians unprecedented swiping changes in government and the eviction of all corrupt individuals.
One possible explanation for this could be his party’s hope narrative in the 2015 General election where citizens were promised an unprecedented crackdown on corruption and the abolition of all government waste by a man whose financial worth they declared to have been less than N30million ($150,000 then), a historical low for a former top official in the country and most especially a former leader.

In a country plagued by acute corruption problems and with the unremitted crude oil revenue scandal of 2014 still fresh in the people’s minds, many were eager for an abrupt change, the like as never been seen before. He was seen an army general, already experienced in government, with a great strength of will, tough to take on the nation’s cabal of hardened criminals. He promised to appoint only technocrats to head the country’s departments and to see out the lingering Boko Haram insurgency from the warfront. For a nation lacking basic amenities such as power supply in spite of its huge energy resources and with the lingering insurgency crises, the choice seemed easy to many- the general with integrity was the man for the country.

Talk was cheap then but now reality has taken its course. His earliest opponents pointed out to his track record and not to his speech, noting that the last time Nigeria fell into dismal failure, currency woes and commodity shortages was when he had seized power as a military general in 1983 and stating that the facts of that record contradicted the poems of his image brokers.

Many however just wanted “change” as it was then called and so voted the General and sat to wait for the sung promises. But from the onset of his government, the course was as his critics had predefined: Incompetency, bigotry and dictatorial tendencies plaguing the country.

He ignored the newly born genocide in the middle belt of the country perpetuated by the Fulani herdsmen of his kindred against the Christian communities in Benue, Plateau and later on Kaduna. He breached the Central Bank’s 2007 Act of Independence, telling it to suspend forex disbursements to steel importers and other manufacturing sectors in a bid to defend the Naira, a disastrous action which kick-started a spiral of recession.


He took 3 months to appoint his Chief of Staff, 6 months to appoint a cabinet and now 23 months and yet counting to appoint heads of agencies and board members he was so eager to fire upon his assumption into office and rose import duties on the most basic of commodities in a bid to raise government revenue.

And as for the corruption fight, the facts on ground do not show any one at all. Apart from a few officials harassed or imprisoned without court order, the country is yet to witness the first victim of the said campaign at the court stands.

Government waste is on the rise, officials publicly caught in graft acts were swiftly excused, the 2016 Budget year passed without implementation and most worrisome, the Central Bank’s foreign reserves were being shared among unknown Bureau De Change operators at variable rates at the detriment of critical manufacturing, business and banking sectors.

The government continues to praise itself but the people seem to be increasingly tired of the paraded self-righteousness. The President’s recent illness was greeted with cheers by many. Many are just tired of the government. But the remarkable level of patience shown so far has been unprecedented and many a times the general reactions towards acts of constitutional violations was one of calmness or insensitivity.

If the Change narrative of the 2015 election and the songs of man of integrity are to account for this, then Nigerians may have just certified themselves on the world map as a nation easy to fool with propaganda. An adult should be judged on his track record not on his tongue.

Culled from The Economist

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Nuzo1:
Oga, forget about the international status. After all, GEJ also has a growing one now. Does that mean GEJ can also bring down buhari?

Obj is like a snake, he capitalizes on people's weaknesses and then strike. Hence why I said earlier that if you are at the top of your game, OBJ can't see your back.

Jonathan compromised, and anybody could bring him down without the help of OBJ. Buhari seems to be doing same now. Without OBJ, Nigerians will bring him down if he does not sit up.

Honestly speaking I share your views on his personality and attitudes but I only want you to see his relevance internationally which seems to be his strongpoint which other of his colleagues here lack.

nezzar:
he never called u pple fools....Why is it hard for u guys to keep a simple conversation

But when the table is turned towards u guys....u won't hesitate 2 call the mods
Hypocrites everywhere

The guy you quoted alongside his ilks here are hungry, ruffled set of beings that are feeding from handouts they have no future just enjoy their macabre dance 2019 is calling they will soon atrophy. Just watch them and laugh my bro

Nuzo1:
There's a big problem somewhere. Among our youths.

How can a young man like you be calling on an extremely corrupt 80 something years old man to redeem Nigeria's situation?

Look, obasanjo is one of the most powerless Nigerian you can think of. The only thing there is that he has mastered the cunning act of playing on the psych of Nigerians.

It looked as if he brought Jonathan down, but that's not true. Jonathan brought himself down by irritatingly enmeshing himself in corruption and also being a sissy.

Sentiments apart I used to think like you few years back on Obasanjo but I must confess that lately I just realised that the international status of that man speaks for him the more reason he is still relevant in the political scheme of things. He can bring down Buhari's administration down just by reaching out to his friends at the top out there. That man is strong somehow my bro

fitzmayowa:
Where art thy chill...

Bro I got no chillz this is becoming too much to bear. 2019 come quickly

Why We Must Kick Buhari Out In 2019, Just As They Kicked Him Out In 1984.

Buhari rode to power on the 81 mouth watering campaign promises from his party APC, aided by massive propaganda against the last regime who is their twin brother.

Citizens had hope for a CHANGE but are now in painful CHAINS.

Now look:

Government cannot give you Power.....you buy generator

Government cannot give you water....you drill borehole

Government cannot give you Education .....you enroll in Private Schools

Government cannot give you Health ....you visit private clinic

Government cannot create job....you create job, they kill it with bad policies

Government cannot protect you....you.....should the citizens buy guns....?

Now, citizens are being slaughter like ram by Fulani herdsmen across Nigeria, Buhari who is the grand patron of Miyetti Allah feels less concerned.

These are the punishment Nigerians got for Voting for BUHARI

B - Blaming
U - Unemployment
H - Herdsmen Killings
A - Attacks
R - Recession
I - Incompetent

MUST DO

Get a PVC

Dust up you PVC

Be ready to canvass for VOTES

Be ready to Vote

Be ready to Protect your Vote.

When they tell you, your vote won't count, tell them it will count.

Let them know, never again shall our country be caught between two deep blue sea. We now have a #CredibleAlternative

#KickOutBuhari2019

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Why We Must Kick Buhari Out In 2019, Just As They Kicked Him Out In 1984.

Buhari rode to power on the 81 mouth watering campaign promises from his party APC, aided by massive propaganda against the last regime who is their twin brother.

Citizens had hope for a CHANGE but are now in painful CHAINS.

Now look:

Government cannot give you Power.....you buy generator

Government cannot give you water....you drill borehole

Government cannot give you Education .....you enroll in Private Schools

Government cannot give you Health ....you visit private clinic

Government cannot create job....you create job, they kill it with bad policies

Government cannot protect you....you.....should the citizens buy guns....?

Now, citizens are being slaughter like ram by Fulani herdsmen across Nigeria, Buhari who is the grand patron of Miyetti Allah feels less concerned.

These are the punishment Nigerians got for Voting for BUHARI

B - Blaming
U - Unemployment
H - Herdsmen Killings
A - Attacks
R - Recession
I - Incompetent

MUST DO

Get a PVC

Dust up you PVC

Be ready to canvass for VOTES

Be ready to Vote

Be ready to Protect your Vote.

When they tell you, your vote won't count, tell them it will count.

Let them know, never again shall our country be caught between two deep blue sea. We now have a #CredibleAlternative

#KickOutBuhari2019

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To even think we have a sitting President who happens to be the pioneer minister of petroleum and has headed big parastatal linked to the downstream sector like PTDF and unfortunately he is the current minister of petroleum yet all these anomalies as revealed by Kachikwu are happening under his watch is a sign that indeed we have a grade A dullard in charge of Nigeria and our oil sector. What a shame.

What a bright innovation there from the Abia State government. I love this

GRAMMARJAMES:
The fact is that It's already Late!!!

You just spoke my mind already the letter had been written by aggrieved Nigerians no point waiting for Obasanjo's

AN OPEN LETTER TO DR OLUSEGUN OBASANJO

"BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE"

By Francis Gbenga Silas

Dear Baba,
Let me start by congratulating you on the latest feather to your cap, it is indeed an eloquent testimony of the vintage Obasanjo, who has continued to remain an enigma. Going ahead to obtain a first degree immediately after leaving office, then a second degree and recently a PhD even as an octogenerian is by no means a mean achievement

Sir, not a few Nigerians are dis- satisfy with your loud silence concerning happenings in our beloved country since the advent of this government which you assisted in no small measure to foist on Nigerians. Most Nigerians believe that you have a moral responsibility to speak out when things go wrong in this government, since you supported its emergence and secondly since you were known to speak out "before it is too late" to pass governments

Most Nigerians believed Nigeria never had it this bad, not even during the military regimes, nor even during Jonathan, your prodigal son, who had since returned to you. He calls you the "boss of all bosses" Baba, in your "before it is too late" letter to Jonathan, you wrote this to him "you must hold yourself most significantly responsible for what happens or fall to happen in Nigeria, and in any case most others will hold you responsible and God who put you there will surely hold you responsible and accountable" sir, most Nigerians believe this truism is true for all season especially now under the inept, incompetent, and clueless government of President Buhari. To think that you are the APC navigator and our national ship is rudderless under the watch of Buhari is unimaginable.

You also wrote to Jonathan "corruption stinks all around you in your government" Baba, i hope you are now perceiving the aroma of corruption all around Buhari and his government?

Sir, you will agree with me that this government has no value for life

Baba,"before is too late" please speak.

Country people no dey laff o

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Walking the talk us what US stands for and do.

This guy is going to the edge lately, so these set of almajiris waiting for free food handouts are what you are hyperventilating on 2019 come quickly

This is why I advise youths all over to get their PVC ready!

Doctokwus has said it all the implementation of the TSA appears to be saving money for Nigerians through the MDAs whereas it is not the true picture but simply cosmetic and mere window dressing.

It is not good to be under the influence of strong drink this is nothing but figment of his imagination!

kings09:
The same garment ur femi adesina gladly wore in enugu. I guess he is ipob too .

Buhari kinsmen is wiping out ur kinsmen in benue while u r hating on ipob

Most times I feel for the hopeless riffraff perhaps he had never been loved while growing up his case is just too pathetic! By the way iyandragon and other folks thanks for rubbing the shiiit on the fugly face of the transgendered who owns this silly thread

I can authoritatively declare the APC has lost focus even in the midst of mindless New Year Killings this is what they can think of? It is official, APC is dead!

BLSYNG:
You see Kwankwaso and Elru-Fai, they have the same ideology as Buhari and should not be allowed near Aso Rock for any reason whatsoever. The former is a false nationalist while the later is Buhari Jnr. and both are Fulani Hegemony Frontliners.

Nothing but the whole truth.