₦airaland Forum

TooNoisy:
I am very happy with these protests. Nigerians are now beginning to speak with one voice. For so long the elite have divided the masses along the lines of religion and tribe. And the gullible masses were fooled forgetting that suffering does not know tribe or religion.

We should continue to protest injustice and suffering. I foresee a revolution coming in a few years. Nigerians are getting tired of being constantly raped by the political class and we are gradually getting to the tipping point.

Let the revolution come after 2023. Is it not their Ijaw brother that bastardized the power distribution privatization. Good for them.

Uncleodi:
Atiku's is a well groomed man, a father and a fine gentleman.


I support his stand on this case.


Public apology is a very good way to show remorse.


Then, the sin-nator should face the law !!

A clear reaction of a loser. He needed the sympathy of Public. Server presido.

englishmart:
Rubberstamp senate president. This one has no single power to implement anything. He's just a tool in the hands of the executive.

The non rubber stamp of the 8th assembly did not benefit Nigerians either.

stonemasonn:
it has no benefits to any state. They get free land, they don’t pay tax and price of meat and milk will not reduce only herdsmen will benefit.

The benefits will be enormous, you people are only being so sentimental, misinforming the public to create fear among the people and hatred toward the government. This cattle rearing business we all think is just for the majority fulanis is really for the benefit of all. All of you ranting nonsense here in less than 12 hours will surely feed on the products of these cows. You love the meat but hate those who help to make it available. It so unfortunate about the security challenges in the country not just limited to the herders and farmers clashes, but as a people we must join reasonable voice to proffering solution not by these false information and propaganda.
The RUGA settlement option proposed by the FG is for those states who are willing to adopt it. IT IS NOT A FORCE ON ANY STATE TO ADOPT IT. People claim that cattle rearing is a private and personal business, yes the same with trading for instance so if government can map out a piece of land to build market with modern facilities for traders to enhance their activities, i dont see why it will fail to provide a settlement for ranching. We are so blind in this country that is why we think cattle business is meant only for the fulanis, this a business that have very great economic potential. Our people here in the south can key into it for employment, we should not see it as a business for a particular people in the country. If we southerners are fully into the business, i dont see any room for the fulanis even bringing their cattles down to the south. Apart the green grass here, they also enjoy the monopoly of selling their cows to us for food. Our governors and people should be wise, we have alot of potentials to create wealth and employment for our people. All these lies and hate statements will not help us as a people.

Useless talk, is it osho baba that created the rift between Amechi camp and Sanator Abe camp in Rivers?

BuhariLooter:
Any southerner that votes Buhari will remain the biggest fool of all times.
Reason.
99% of security chiefs are in the hands of Northerners.

You will be the biggest fool for voting Atiku, what difference will it make if all the service chiefs are southerners. Ewu.

SarkinYarki:
Dear Nairalanders there have been various arguments on who was really responsible for the Economic slump witnessed under the Buhari govt with some people saying the slump was as a result of 16 years of bad leadership by the PDP which just happen to tank during Buhari administration and others saying the buck lies squarely with Buhari .. I am of the latter opinion that Buhari indeed is 100 percent responsible for the recession and I have carefully outlined all the poor policies by Buhari that led to the slump please enjoy .


1 : Delay in communicating a policy direction on time:

Ladies and gentlemen this was the first mistake by Buhari as he failed to communicate any economic policy direction immediately he was announced winner leaving all economic stakeholders in the dark , for months no stakeholder knew is the the new govt was going to be favourable to the private sector and at what level and instead of Buhari communicating this he instead went to work straight stoking the embers of tribalism and division with his 97% to 5% gaffe which immediately cast a veil of economic and security uncertainty on the polity and economy .

The outcome : Investors immediately put a pause on any further investment till the air could be clearer at least on what economic direction the president was towing.


2 : Delay in choosing Ministers

The 2nd mistake Buhari will make was his deliberate delay in choosing Ministers for almost a year meaning he spent his first fiscal year without any form of FEC meeting where new govt tactical and strategic policies
are brain stormed and matched against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) , this delay was like virtually pausing the life support of a patient in Coma while you searched for a medical expert !!

The Outcome: This needless delay would end up putting the Nigerian economy under stress as for months unending every other micro policy from state govts to local govt to private sector where all put on hold as stakeholder waited for ministerial direction as a plimsol to guide their own decision so it was not uncommon for many of us to walk into our clients organization and be told we had to halt projects tool the ministers where inaugurated.

3: Immediate Infighting within the Presidents party :

Buhari has always been known to be a very cunning and divisive man who is very fond of speaking from both side of his mouth all just to protect his secret interest and he will immediately use this character to bring division into his ruling party where once again his inability to firmly set a direction would open the doors for chaos and spoils grabbing as no one knew how Buhari wanted the structure of party leadership to be , this lapse immediately brought about many camps within the party all infighting for the spoils of their latest conquest while the economy was left unattended.


The Outcome No unity between the party leadership, the executive and legislative right from the onset a problem that will further sacrifice the health of our already struggling economy further.


4: Poor implementation of TSA

It had never been a secret that Nigerian Govt funds housed in many Nigerian banks provided a lot of stability for the financial sector even though it left some loophole for possible corruption but the benefits far outweighed the risks , it was in this light the previous govt agrees that the implementation of the TSA must be staggered in phases so as not to cause financial shock to Nigeria managing Banking industry but Buhari will disregard the advice of expert and go for total implementation over night a costly bad decision that threw the financial sector into sudden confusion as predicted by experts, meaning over night our banks suddenly had less deposits to use to manage the delicate balancing of funds between depositors and lending , ofcourse at such times it's the lending aspect that will suffer as depositors must always have access to their funds as at when they want it because they are in Fact the soul of the banking business . We should note this action was clearly an indirect sabotage to the financial economy similar to a previous Buhari error in the 80s where he changed the Nigerian currency over night in a bid to catch looters

The outcome : the private sector suddenly had less access to loans and as result many economy growing projects where put on hold at great cost to the the Economic kinetics and potential of the Nigerian economy.


5: Going after Tompolo at a time of low oil Prices


At a time of low oil Prices most good leaders immediately try to drastically increase output and production in other to cover for projected short fall in revenues but shockingly it is at this time that President Buhari will choose to shake the fragile peace in the Niger Delta in a poorly thought out decision to send the military into the oil rich Niger Delta to hunt for oil warlord General Tompolo over a 13 billion Naira (35 million dollars ) payment made to Tompolo by the previous govt for the purchase of some land for some university , it ended up being a total economic disaster which only ended up worsening the Economic outlook of the country.

The Outcome : In attempt to go after 35 million dollars the Nigerian economy ended up losing a projection of about 100 billion dollars and countless lives and the painful part is that Tompolo was never caught neither was the 35 million dollars ever recovered ..Infact it's said the military operation itself cost the govt over 60 million dollars . Talk of a very bad decision .


6: 5 Billion Dollar MTN fine


Early in Buhari govt without even a policy direction in place and heavy economic uncertainty the Buhari govt in its bid to raise cheap funds will make a very bad mistake by fining telecoms success story MTN a mind boggling whooping 5 billion dollars for failing to properly register less than 1% of its subscribers a practice common with all 4 mobile Telcos in the country but surprisingly only MTN was singled out for this quite suspect fine which may industry observers have said is nothing short of a grandiose approach to executive extortion but that's as story for another day , the bottom line is that this poorly thought out fine triggered a megathrust of capital flight out of the country by many private sector players including the same same MTN who feared that same fate could befall them under the knee jerk Buhari govt and in less than 4 weeks over 80 billion dollars was spirited out of the Nigerian Govt under the nose of Buhari in one of the greatest mass capital flight ever recorded in a developing economy.

The Outcome: The capital flight triggered by the fine would put further strain on the economy once more and slow down any further new investments by such players , MTN will go further and cut it's support for thousands of small Nigerian Businesses and ideas citing lack of funds ( yours faithfully lost a lucrative advertising business my company ran regularly with MTN) MTN will drop many youth ambassadors it sponsored , drop Who wants to be a millionaire and project fame citing lack of funds , the total loss to small businesses that depended on MTN for patronage will run into billions of Naira in reality and tens of billions in projections. It was another economic misfire by the Buhari govt .
The Outcome here was hyper capital flight and many calculated exits by investors from the Nigerian economy e g ETISALAT and heavy loss to Nigerian SMEs that got patronage of such players, this will translate into massive job losses and prospect deeper that can even be measured and the very very painful part is that after all the damage the Buhari govt failed to collect the 5 billion fine but instead reduced it to 650 million dollars to be paid over a long time by the Nigerian subscribers.

7 : Increasing Petrol Price and Electricity Tarriff at the same time:



It's no secret that Nigerian micro business economy is driven by a finicky balance betwen the petrol engine and unstable electricity as the petrol engine is used to produce back up electricity used to power small businesses from fabricators to small offices to small online businesses to cooling to room to salon at times when NEPA electricity has failed and believe me in Nigeria it's almost all the time .. The Buhari govt will again show it's short sightedness in this area and deliver a devastating blow to micro business owners who are the foundation of 80 percent struggling Nigeria family units by increasing petrol price and Electricity Tarriff by a whopping 50 percent and at the same time which immediately increased the operational running cost of micro businesses about 100% , my brothers and sisters this was the death knell to the economy as it triggered wave of unplanned inflation overnight and reduced demand instead of the other way round where increased demand will trigger inflation, once again the Buhari govt had turned economic theories on its head and thrown the economy in to further doldrum. Many micro business who couldn't cope with this loss of demand as result forced inflation had to die throwing millions more into uncertainty and abject poverty.


8: Poor handling of Herdsmen Farmers Clash

When farms and cattles meet there is always bound to be problem and in Nigeria this is no different but under Buhari this took a worse turn as instead of quickly using fairness and equity to resolve such tensions the Buhari govt immediately took sides with herdsmen for reasons best known to it and this immediately emboldened the herdsmen to escalate their attack as the realised there was no repercussion in sight as long as the Buhari govt continued to be one sided , this lack of will by the Buhari govt will end putting devastating blow on the foundational pillar of the Nigeria economy which is actually subsistent farming .

The Outcome : The Outcome here was hunger hunger and more hunger as many subsistent farmers fled their traditional farmlands leaving in its wake reduced agro production and inflation as agro supplies dwindled , it also led to an increase in crimes as both herders and farmers took to kidnappings and robberies in other to survive .


9 Poorly thought out Import Tarriff increases


The Buhari govt made two tax policies that I think were a really bad mistake and they are

A : Increasing tariffs on anti malarial

B: Increasing tariffs on Vehicles .

Usually govt increased import Tarriff for two reasons either to protect it's own local industries or trying to discourage the use of such . The Buhari govt will shock all by increasing the Tarriff of antimalarials citing reasons that it wanted to encourage their production at home forgetting that Nigeria was a malaria endemic zone with little or no real infrastructure to support production especially under Buhari who had recently demobilized the lending sector with his poor implementation of TSA and increase cost of all production in Nigeria, this policy was another ok advised one as I would have expected the govt to first make the economy conducive to attract investment in those sectors before thinking of increasing Tarriff.

The Outcome: The policy only succeeded in increasing the cost of healthcare and cost of vehicle in Nigeria which means a reduction in saving and disposable income for the average family unit , we didn't see the indigenous car plants or anti Malarial factories get built in Fact the policy was so bad that the Customs boss had to recently beg the Buhari govt to reduce it as it's is only encouraging smuggling and infiltration of substandard products .




I hope with these 9 points we can all agree that Buhari was 100 percent behind the slump contrary to arguments the slump was caused by other govts and Buhari only inherited it . I am in no way trying to absolve past govts of poor leadership but only trying to show the role Buhari played in expediting the slump.

Many thanks for the read and please feel free to share whether you support or not .


Writer: SarkinYarki Bello

Foolish submission, one simple question is why before may 29, 2015 about 27 Nigerian states couldn't pay workers salary? The economy was already in doom and Foreign Reserve clearly depleted.

Escalze:
No sane Nigerian would want this administration of incompetence, nepotism and tribalism to continue.

It is a matter of choice, choose who you want to support and respectfully allow others to make their choice too. You may not believe in this government while others do, so let them follow what they believe. PDP supporters should allow Nigerians to make and vote their choice.

NaijaRoyalty:
People like you don't mean well for Nigeria .

It is all about yourself and yourself alone the well being of others don't count .

You're everything wrong with this present day Nigeria .. even in your suffering you're still smilling and supporting a dictator whose failure didn't start today .

Their is no way professor mahmood would have cancelled the election without getting the "nod" from the man (Buhari) who appointed him to head INEC .

They both agreed on these idiotic postponement because they've seen the hand writting on the wall that buhari will be booted out disgracefully should the election hold .

But I tell you confidently today that , Nigerians are more Than willing to send the lifeless dullard out of our seat of power and out of our national lives for good .

You should be sensible enough to know that PDP can not and will NEVER win the presidential election whether it was postponed or not.

pawesome:
Only God knows how long and how much this is going to take.. Till next year they will be on this matter...



babarchir lawal was arrested on Monday.. The guy is already on the campaign train because he was given bail... Fayose, we didn't hear anything again among other numerous ones.. What kind of corruption are we fighting? Because this is like chasing shadows

The offenses are bailable henve they need to go on bail. This is why we need PMB in power to help restructure the judiciary. You are talking of corruption cases, what about Evans the alleged kidnapper? Is he not all bail too. The problem we have now is the bastardized judiciary not just about fighting corruption.

franchasng:
I went to the car wash today, and I saw APC campaign group with their drums and trumpets, singing and dancing Next Level, believe me, just beside the car wash where I was seated was an Aboki Mai Shai shop with lots of Abokis gathered there eating, gisting and guess what they said:

That how can Indomie price double in two years and they are still shouting Next Level, that Baba Buhari should go and rest that he is too old to continue for another 4 years.

All these they said in Hausa dialect, it was one of the car wash boys that interpreted their words for me, I was shocked to hear that because I thought the Hausa commoners on the street loved Buhari's government not until today. Mind you, this did not happen in a Southern State per se, so you can imagine


It will take massive rigging, voters intimidation using Nigerian securities and in collaboration with INEC for Buhari to win the election on Saturday with what I have seen on ground presently.

Meanwhile, Aisha Buhari is a very great woman, very strong willed and keeps to her words, she kept to her words, refused to join Buhari to campaign because she knew her husband Buhari failed Nigerians, God bless Aisha Buhari for standing for truth. Nigerians it is left for you to agree with Aisha Buhari or not

You people just cry for food, even at the cost of idomie, Nigerians can afford it. How much was indomie during Abacha regime, then compare it with the price when the corrupt PDP was in power. Increase in price of commodities is normal what is important is how many people can afford it. We must grow our own food here in Nigeria. We need to take this pain now and enjoy it in the future.
PMB all the way, Next Level is unavoidable.
Nigerians can never go back to Egypt.

XaintJoel20:
And some people were telling me Buhari will win Edo State.

I don't know of any state that hates APC at the federal level like Edo State because of PMB...

More stoning await them on Saturday with our PVC.

Edo is APC and APC is Edo, you will see the result come Saturday. PDP will not only lose in Edo state but they will not win any seat in the NA. Edo people has enjoyed APC government in the past and present and they have no reason to vote for PDP.

WNKQI:
I wonder some times how God created the Blacks, to be honest. I cannot imaging Trumph will use his 4 years to blame Obama, blog his people into deep hunger and still blame Obama. Is it not simple, your complain is a clear indication that you can not fix the problems, why coming back. you wasted our full 4 years, you could not change the situations rather you worsen it more than how you met it. you want us to give you another 4 years to wast? NOTE: in the history of Nigeria, We have experience 3 recessions, 2 out of the 3 was on Buhari regime. when he rule as a military dictatorship and as a civilian. you can not give what you don't have.
Simple sound policies will fix Nigeria problems, forget about all this propaganda just to cover up their dullness. Buhari is certainly too dull for crying out loud. The number of poeple that votes for Buhari will determine the number foolish people will still have in Nigeria and that will obviously determine how fast we will develop as a nation.

Only fools will not vote Buhari. You will surely remain hungry with or without Buhari.

SalamRushdie:
in the name of almighty God Buhari will be defeated at the polls and he will concede defeat

Sorry dear, God don't participate in elections.

SaiATKUOBI2019:
Nobody can tell me Atiku/Obi ticket is not the best among the contenders in this saturday elections
The economic team is brillant and Top notch, You cant just not admit these guys knows what they have come to do
Infact We will do our children the greatest disservice if we dont elect these team this Saturday

Sorry this your team surely will not get it. In your humble opinion they are the best but I know that majority of Nigerians know they have nothing good to offer except taking us back as nation. All we need is simply to Next Level with PMB/PYO. Cool go catch you come Saturday.

Dididrumz:
Nigerians, our mumu never do? You say you can't vote Atiku because he is a thief, but you have the mind and conscience to want to re-elect buhari.

Honestly speaking, Buhari supporters are just being wicked......

What has he done for you?
A man whose fight against corruption is strictly against members of the opposition party.

Don't tell me you don't know that the looting under buhari's watch cannot be compared to any thing in this world.

I already weep for Nigeria if Buhari is re-elected.

So you agree there is a fight against corruption even if you claim it is against the opposition. People like you is the clear problem of this country. So because we have corrupt people in the opposition, they should be allowed to go free? Imagine a kidnapper caught in Lagos should be screaming they have not gotten the ones in Abuja so he should be allowed to go free.

seborrhic:
Ah,ah,the same NJC that suspended or retired the Enugu judge that accepted to be sworn in when the original chief justice was sacked by the governor.Now retaining Muhammad?Hypocrites and bigots now dominate our political space
I pity any Christian that votes in PMB.
If he wins he would be more emboldened to continue the perspective of Christian's and Christianity having seen he can get away with atrocities against Christian's.

Was the Enugu CJ suspended on the order of a court? Two things may look alike but you can't compare them.

Next Level, PMB for sure.

bots119:
Shame on her

Why are PDP supporters always insult others. If you have something so say, do that constructively not insulting other people based on their view. I pity you guys cos you will be in frustration for another four years for hating PMB.

JudgeOGBUNABALI:
Rip in advance

He will not die knowing fully PMB will definitely win the election. Atiku just like GEJ can only win here in NL.

lonelydora:
God is fighting for his people. This is a warning to Yahaya Bello. Same way Pharaoh was warned in the bible. Yahaya Bello unchain your people

The enemies has failed the secound time now.

Newznow:
If PDP finally wins this Election, they won't hesitate to bring down the broom and mount their gigantic umbrella

Umbrella? It won't happen in the first place because the corrupt party will never never get back to power. I wished they started it before their final exit in 2015, I believed they won't be able to complete it just like their crazy wadada house.

PiusOlena:
ONLY FOOLISH PEOPLE WILL VOTE FOR BUHARI

You are the first FOOL.

Nsimaimeh:
stop this fake news. U must be PDP agent

True talk, PDP is ruined and want to hold on anything to gain public sympathetic. NEXT LEVEL NIGERIANS.

Gforce2019:
Is that all PDP can gather in kastina?
Waste of time and resources....


I know after this general election, Atiku will not contest for any election again .....
If he realize the volume of his stolen funds that has been expended on this election....and yet will be defeated...

Atiku , after this election, just carry your doctor along to wherever you want to go...Because it will take you forever to recover from the shock of the defeat in this election...

On point, the truth is always bitter.
NEXT LEVEL NIGERIANS.

pavoda:
Atiku is the Man

Hope you are ready for a heart attack after Jan 16th. Atiku can never never stand PMB. Enough of PDP corruption, Nigerians are wiser. NEXT LEVEL IS GUARANTEED.

BuhariLooter:
Nigerians are tired of Buhari and ApC.Atiku come and save us" Atiku our hope.,VOTE ATIKU PDP FOR PROSPEROUS NEW NIGERIA.

God forbid. NEVER ATIKU, NEVER.

BuhariLooter:
SANE NIGERIANS ARE EJECTING THE DULLARD AND HIS FAKE PASTOR ON 16TH FAIL-BUHARI


APC PIGS AND IDIOTS CAN RANT TO DEATH...President:
Muslim
Senate President: Muslim
Ag. CJN:
Muslim
Party Chairman:
Muslim
Minister of Defence: Muslim
Minister of Interior: Muslim
Minister of Justice: Muslim
Minister of Finance:
Muslim
Minister of Information: Muslim
Minister of Works, Power and Housing: Muslim
Minister of Aviation:
Muslim
Minister of Communications:
Muslim
Minister of Education:
Muslim
Minister of Water Resources:
Muslim
Minister of Environment:
Muslim
Minister of Women Affairs:
Muslim
Minister of FCT:
Muslim
President of Court Of Appeal:
Muslim
Chief Judge of Federal High Court:
Muslim
Chief Judge of FCT High Court:
Muslim
Chairman of NJC:
Muslim
Secretary of NJC:
Muslim
Chief Registrar of Supreme Court:
Muslim
Chief Registrar of Court Of Appeal:
Muslim
D.G. Legal Aid Council:
Muslim
Chief of Staff to President:
Muslim
Principal Secretary to President:
Muslim
Clerk of National Assembly:
Muslim
National Security Adviser:
Muslim
Chief of Army Staff:
Muslim
Chief of Air Staff:
Muslim
IGP:
Muslim
Commandant General, Civil Defence Corps:
Muslim
Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service:
Muslim
Comptroller General of Nigerian Immigration Service:
Muslim
Comptroller General of Nigerian Prison:
Muslim
D.G. DSS:
Muslim
D.G. NIA:
Muslim
Chairman EFCC:
Muslim
Chairman Board of FRSC:
Muslim
Chairman NDLEA:
Muslim
Director/CEO-NFIU:
Muslim
Chairman of INEC:
Muslim
GMD NNPC:
Muslim
MD/CEO-NPA:
Muslim
The list is endless.

I can see a high level of insanity, what is wrong with all positions occupied by Muslims? Is Nigeria better than any Muslim dominated or Islamic country?

immaculate1234:
Suffer go kee buhari and osunbade

Reedem is supposed to drop you because, you are disgrace and a chronic liar who feed Nigerians with lies.

Finally, let me tell apc supporters what they don't know...A government is said to be successful or satisfactory when the majority are happy just take a questionnaire and go from street to street to ask how this government had treated them and you discover that this government is poor and redundant
OK take for example

kerosene = 280 Jonathan = 50
fuel 150 = Jonathan = 80
dollar = 360

Even under this government new disease Don full everywhere to name a few deficiencies under this government

buhari is not what we want he is as useless as a scare crow

FOR ME I AM ATIKULATED AND OBIDIENT

YOU SHOULD CHOOSE THE RIGHT PATH MAKE NIGERIA GREAT I BEG UNA

No sane person will vote a Cameroonian as Nigeria president. Atiku is corrupt, PDP is a corrupt party. Nigerians cannot be deceived. Next level all the way

Buharimustgo16F:
A Failure we always be a Failure don't allow APC and Buhari to turn Nigeria to a Fail State completely so Vote Out Buhari to redeem Nigeria Image again. Vote Atiku and Obi to Get Nigeria Working again

Nigeria is already working, Atiku is too corrupt to rule Nigeria. Nigeria need to move to next level. Vote PMB. Vote PMB to continue the completion of abandoned project. Next level loading.

sotall:


How can a president with dementia and chronic lifelessness protect it's citizens??


Boko Haram attacked Adamawa and took over fiver towns few days ago.

Insecurity in the land have never been this worse

Sending Buhari back to Duara is a task for all patriotic Nigerians.

The same old story, PDP sponsored killing. This will not stop PMB for the next four years. Baba till 2023.

DMerciful:
Maturity in PDP

Hmmmmm, all these are crocodile tears.