Lol, TSTV is coming back, bigger, better and stronger. I guess they should be on air in another two or three months. Guess they got hit, but learnt their lessons. Actually very impress with their new structure.

I am surprised the way Mallam Ribadu responded, I hope partisan politic and the quest for power have not taken away the sincerity and patriotism we know about him.. In as much as I agree with him that 30 trillion is a lot of money, at the way things went in this country in the past four years. It obviously not impossible for that amount to be considered missing or mismanaged. His using of the budget as a basis to disagree is a very poor remark for the anti corruption boss we once knew. The Maths is very simple, we didn't even need a professor to analyze, and yet someone showed the light and people who are either benefitting from wat is happening or do no want the truth told think its a mirage. Now let's take a few examples and see why this amount is not impossible and why the yearly budget shouldn't have been a standard for Mallam Ribadu's response.
1. The finance minister is the person that told us while responding to Prof. Soludo. That we lose between 400 to 500 barrels of crude per day. Now please this not minding the fact that she have been supervising the disbursement of money for amnesty and the billions paid ex militants to guide these lines. If President Obasanjo government with the militancy could produce more, why is production now less with all the billions being spent. Let even try simple Maths. Let's say in her words 400,000 barrel is missing daily, in a year that amounts to : 146,000,000 yearly and 584,000,000 in four years. Using an average of $85, that will amount to $ 49,640, 000,000. Using an average rate of 175 to a dollar. It will be about 8.7trillion. Am not sure of PRof so lido parameters but he gave us over 12trillion on that. Mind this something the minister pointed to us herself. And this shouldn't even be considering the measure they said they have put in place.
2. We have the 4.4trillion that have gone for defense in four year can Mallam Ribadu or madam minister patriotically say 60% percent of that money served its purpose.
3. We have the $20 billion Mallam Sanusi cried about, we are still waiting for the report on the audit to be made public. In naira @175 to a dollar then, this will amount to N3.5 trillion and mind u just like the first one I mentioned above this wasn'tpart of our budget.
4. We had the subsidy scam.
5. We also had the Deziani jet money scam,
6.There was the pension scam.
7. You have the foreign reserve that has dropped and excess crude account depleted.
These and many more are fact of misappropriation or stealing in some cases and these monies collective are more than our national budget for four years and only a little part of it was actually appropriated for and we all know this because it's in the public domain.
Now come to the budget itself and please tell us no monumental corruption in its execution. So 30 trillion sounds much but not impossible and even considering the fact that with the position he's held before he is privy to certain information the ordinary man on the street isn't to.
Having said all these, if you ask who my choice is, btw GEJ and GMB, in tears I will go for a GMB. I said in tears because it's a pity that we look up someone u ruled us 32year ago to come help us out. But in all honestly and sincerity of heart is a better choice. What happened to the youths of my generation. I am one of those so sure GMB cannot give us an Eldorado, intact if he happens to win the opposition will try to frustrate his effort just to prove a point. But we need that shift now.
Mr President at times display qualities that call for concern;
1. It is very bad for anyone anywhere to throw stone at MR President, it is unacceptable, but u see, the is what is called KARMA and NEMESIS. Same was done to a sitting governor in a state, bayelsa to be precise, and what would mr president do or say: he made reference to it, while endorsing another candidate and promise to even take part in such if the candidate fails him.
2. With the levity at which MR President handle corruption one is tempted to conclude he himself have compromised, so he doesn't have a voice.
3. When it comes to integrity, our President to a some extend have displayed lack of it. By going back on his word severally. A presidents word should be his bond. In developed worlds even when negotiations are in bad faith, they tell u they need the consent and assurance of the president knowing he can't go back on his word.
4. Leadership: this is another issue on its on, God bless who crafted the constitution, I wonder if we still have people like that around. It is not a perfect document, hence it is reviewed time to time. The president once spoke of even using a lot of the powers the constitution allows him, and I remember then FFK and EL Rufai saying he was right as he allows the First Lady use them for him. To powers where there for specific times and reason. There are different type of leadership style in the world: the democratic , autocratic, transactional, lasses-faire and co. All of these even with the ones you consider bad have their PROS and CONS. A good leader have a blend of all and know when to implore which for a greater benefit of his citizen while one of it is the Core. Our president always talk democracy is the reason some things go some way even though at times I disagree with him, but he doesn't seem to understand how to put a blend of these leadership style and his staff are not helping matters.
I can go on and on, but having said all these we can't say nothing has been achieved. The president has done his best but I believe it's not in him to get us far, governance is a continuos process, let someone continue from his best.

And did u hear what he the IBB said about OBJ

pacifique:
Him that has an ear, let him hear what the wise says. Wisdom is the principal thing, and get understanding to direct it. This is unlike OBJay, whom wants to show the whole world that he wants to be a godfather.

Come to think of it, so much have been said about GMB's age. Can people sincerely and objectively say between an FFK or President Jonathan who are in there 50's I suppose and an Obasanjo who is almost 80. Which of them can effective Lead Nigeria as is today.