₦airaland Forum

giles14:
on easy is d head dat wears d cap.incompetent? my man if u ar handed d leadership of dis country u will perform worst dan dis present govt.it's high time we stop pointing fingers at each other.even ur Messiah buhari of APC is just afta his pocket n so are his cohorts

expecially when oil blocks is due to be shared very soon. God help the common man.

CityNG:
That Nigerian has to get involved in a MNJTF in order to quell a mild terrorist insurgence just shows how far we've slid into a military decay.

"The military head of state, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari responded with a deafening ferocity. He literally moved in his forces to wipe off the sect from existence with the same ruthlessness that he pursued Chadian forces under President Shagari. Under Shagari, Buhari was the General Officer Commanding , 3rd Armoured Brigade, Jos, Plateau State and played significant roles in containg the Maitatsine sect. Buhari flew to Yola and oversaw the military wipe out the sect (his popular vice, Idiagbon was out of the country). Buhari then vowed that Maitatsine would never sprout again. Actually, he dealt the sect a very severe blow. When Musa Makaniki, the new sect leader, fled to his hometown in Gombe, Buhari’s forces gave him a hot chase."

Source: http://valentineodika..com/2013/12/maitatsine-bloodbath-nigerias-religious.html

Gen Buhari did not need some silly coalition in order to defeat Maitatsine.

Boko Haram is not maitatsine sect...they're international terrorists!

Okay I understand now.

LRNZH:
[b]Start with this: KRPC numbers in red. You did your internship in 2014. Nothing close to 80% in that period.:

“This month (September 2014), zero (0.00) mt of dry crude oil, condensate and slop was received by the three refineries, KRPC, PHRC and WRPC. The respective average capacity utilisation during the month was 0.00 per cent, 8.77 per cent and 0.00 per cent for KRPC, PHRC and WRPC respectively,” according to the report.

The Deputy Executive Director, Africa Network for Environmental and Economic Justice, Mr. Leo Atakpu, in a telephone interview with our correspondent, said, “Refineries are in comatose state such that we have to be importing fuel. It is a shame that we are importing petrol and others.

In August 2014, output from the country’s refineries dropped to 294,000 mt as they operated at an average of 16 per cent of their combined nameplate capacity of 445,000 barrels per day. The respective average capacity utilisation for KRPC, PHRC and WRPC during the month was 21.68 per cent, 15.79 per cent and 10.94 per cent respectively.

In July 2014, when the refineries operated at 22 per cent of their installed capacity, output was 334,000 mt. The average capacity utilisation for KRPC, PHRC and WRPC in the month was 19.40 per cent, 0.00 per cent and 46.71 per cent, respectively.

In June 2014, the refineries operated at 10 per cent of their installed capacity, with average capacity utilisation of 0.00 per cent, 17.96 per cent and 13.44 per cent respectively.

The country’s refineries have long been operating well below installed capacity as they are in different states of disrepair. They operated at an average of 31.1 per cent capacity in 2012, according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria.[/b]

http://www.punchng.com/business/business-economy/refineries-operated-at-10-5-capacity-in-june-nnpc/

LRNZH:
No refinery has worked at 80% since this administration. Just stop lying.
If you insist tell us which of the refineries let's dig up production figures.

Since this administration means starting from 2011 so bring the figure,lets start with Kaduna refinery.

billyG:
Iz d money allocated 2 PTF up 2 trillions?

but at least it ought to be shared equally.

DVanguard:
Which of the refinery is working 80%. No refinery in Nigeria is working up to 30%. Warri and Kaduna are having issue with their power generating plant since 2014 may. The two at PH are bad. Pls which refinery works at 80%. Yet we trade by barter 400k barrel of crude for refined fuel. Bro's tell ur self the truth sometimes.

I told you what I know...I sense your anger bro relax. I said people did I.T and they witness the production contrary to the assertion that they're not working at all. Well I graduated in November last year so if you say its not working since last May does not mean am a liar. Relax Brother. refineries are better left for the investors and the right policies should be put in place.

If you're faced with the truth that's contrary to your opinion it becomes a lie weldone. Keep your Buhari online pR. Going. Truth is we'll need more refineries and two refineries are already being built by Dangote.

LRNZH:
Fresh graduate and you are lying like this. Abi is it not the same Nigeria that we both live in?

No wonder IBB said that the youth are not ready to lead Nigeria.

You're trying too hard to side with these people that are responsible for our backwardness. Weldone.

LRNZH:
You miss the point.
Even as a political adversary, OBJ (since you claim he is a devil) could not use corruption against GMB because there is none.
What they used in 2003, 2007, 2011 and now is religious scaremongering.
You cannot stick a corruption charge on GMB. It won't work.

LRNZH:
A man's true character does not wait for positions of leadership to manifest. Just read the following pockets facts about GMB. Mind you we have no records of GEJ's achievements as Bayelsa's Governor or Dep. Governor.

GMB Pocket Facts

Remember Buhari's regime only lasted from December 31, 1983 – August 27, 1985. Barely two years. Even at that, he stabilized the inflation rate and stamped out misappropriation of funds from the Shagari era.

Apart from being a military president, He was
1. Governor of the then Northeastern State (August 1975 – March 1976), under Gen. Murtala Mohammed;

2.Federal Commisioner (Minister) of Petroleum (March 1976 – July 1978) when the Warri and Kaduna Refineries were built; and

3. PTF Chairman (1993 - 1998). A 1998 report in New African praised the PTF under Buhari for its transparency, calling it a rare "success story".

No portfolio that GEJ had held in history has had a success history close to GMB's performance.

GEJ promised Stable Power in 2011 and Refineries in 2012. Where are they?

Refineries are working up to 80% capacity. I am a fresh graduate of Chemical Engineering and some of my mates did their I.T in them...we saw these when we were defending our report with power point slides. God safe Nigeria from our enemies that want to take power by all means. 2ndly its funny you said Buhari built refineries. Which history did you read? He did not create any job but sent companies packing. There's been light in my hood most time please ask your PHCN. Beside power plants have always been vandalised. Smh for Nigerians. About sure-p you cant deny it people are using sure-p branded vehicles as taxi...this is what I see all around.

LRNZH:
A man's true character does not wait for positions of leadership to manifest. Just read the following pockets facts about GMB. Mind you we have no records of GEJ's achievements as Bayelsa's Governor or Dep. Governor.

GMB Pocket Facts

Remember Buhari's regime only lasted from December 31, 1983 – August 27, 1985. Barely two years. Even at that, he stabilized the inflation rate and stamped out misappropriation of funds from the Shagari era.

Apart from being a military president, He was
1. Governor of the then Northeastern State (August 1975 – March 1976), under Gen. Murtala Mohammed;

2.Federal Commisioner (Minister) of Petroleum (March 1976 – July 1978) when the Warri and Kaduna Refineries were built; and

3. PTF Chairman (1993 - 1998). A 1998 report in New African praised the PTF under Buhari for its transparency, calling it a rare "success story".

No portfolio that GEJ had held in history has had a success history close to GMB's performance.

GEJ promised Stable Power in 2011 and Refineries in 2012. Where are they?

Refineries are working up to 80% capacity. I am a fresh graduate of Chemical Engineering and some of my mates did their I.T in them...we saw these when we were defending our report with power point slides. God safe Nigeria from our enemies that want to take power by all means. 2ndly its funny you said Buhari built refineries. Which history did you read? He did not create any job but sent companies packing. There's been light in my hood most time please ask your PHCN. Beside power plants have always been vandalised. Smh for Nigerians.

nellyjohn:
Who told u GEJ has no thesis and falsified his age? It has been proven even by the university of port-harcourt that GEJ successfully completed his PhD and if he falsified his age, how come he did that when he was even small?
Even dough GEJ did no performance in the south south, what about other places he has performed. He can't just work everywhere at the same time and believe me, this time is our turn for him to work for.
PEJ asking Igbos to vote for GEJ is just a strategy of wich am sure u heard buhari asked the muslim to vote for him because he is a muslim
Also, how can u say the president is not concerned about our lost girls? Knowing fully well that it boadered him a lot and he went to the extent of seeking for help from other countries like USA and yet, the girls are yet to be found becos those sponsoring them are also on top and give them information. It was on the account of these girls that PEG cried openly shouting "there is God oo".
Coming to the monetary aspect, even dough the price of naira to one dollar increased, yet, it has never in anyway affected the price of goods sold down here in Nigeria.
I just can't keep typing all the things he has done because, ur mind is made up and even if u see the truth, u still won't believe.
For me, Buhari and APC members are the most corrupt people in Nigeria
Anyway, GEJ till 2019

my brother hmmm let them be oh...leave them alone. They're bunch of ignorants. Look at this
http://saharareporters.com/2007/01/14/crimes-buhari-wole-soyinka

LRNZH:
I would rather be 'silly and childish' than support PDP/GEJ

GEJ has no thesis and he falsified his age.

$20Billion is still missing while the forensic audit report has dissappeared with NOI.

GEJ admitted to non performance in the South South. Not even East-West road was completed.

PEJ asked Igbos to vote for GEJ because he is their inlaw. Thatsall.

Electricity tarrif keeps increasing but MW keeps dropping. America no know this one o...

Over 200 Chibok Girls that GEJ doesn't give a damn about are lost

Chad is roaming in Nigeria territory doing Nigeria Army job without permission

Since subsidy riots of 2012, GEJ's promised refineries are still a pipe dream

Naira has depreciated to over 210 to 1 Dollar and GEJ claims transformation agenda is working

The 2nd Niger bridge cost was inflated by a factor of 3 and they will toll Ndigbo to pay for this scam

Abeg I be TaTa.

Nigeria, Sai Buhari


Lalasticlala put this thread--> https://www.nairaland.com/2122370/photos-nigeria-police-assigned-protect on FP. It is too hilarious.

but your Mr integrity is guilty of about $700 million scam and 2.5 Billion naira which was later covered up.
http://saharareporters.com/2007/01/14/crimes-buhari-wole-soyinka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari

doctokwus:
Yeah really massive!
Now that GEJ has a massive following, can he stop all the planned sponsored protests asking for a shift in the elections and halt all the legal action against GMB and meet him at the polls come Feb 14?
At least let him test this massive turnouts for him at the polls.Is this too much to ask for a man who has got all these extra massive support?

you mean you've not heard he said this people are not being given their PVC's? While Most people from the North that'll support GMB have recieved their pvc.

Ishilove:
When I get to that road I'll cross it

I trust you!

kimond101:
Yessir he rocked them shades
Plus he can dance aswell.
2015 political atmosphere has been quite interesting and comical.

I believe we need a president whose presence alone would make people afraid of implementing their corrupt tendencies.
Nigerians are strong headed people we need a leader that can handle us without fear aswell as being accountable to the people in securing lives because that is a government number one priority.
Who can give these?
I know it's definitely not GEJ

We need President that will institutionalized a better policy that will prevent corruption rather than fighting it and that President is GEJ!

Ishilove:
I value privacy. I had the opportunity to stay at the family house but I didn't take it for the simple fact that I prefer my own company. I didn't want anybody all up in my business.

you just lost an opportunity to take a break from your comfort zone. What will you do now when you'll start your own family?

I can attest to this...I fear they wont rig the election.

badesco:
This is APC poll. May be you have forgotten so fast, the recent cancelled AIT Online Result. It was discovered that some Nigeria where using IP Changers Soft to vote so many times, I.e. a person voted more 400 - 500 times in favour of GMB. I assumed same applicable here. So your so call poll is not true reflection of what Nigerian says.

discusant:
This is an APC crook ranking the governors.


Tinubu with his APC has been impoverishing Rivers state through Gov. Amaechi.

Rivers state has had no working governor in the last one-and-half years, so it is an APC crook that can rank Amaechi on top.

APC states are in serious debt as we speak thanks to their looting method.

Preciousjoz:
lol I couldn't believe my eyes, the kwara I live in? the road from ilorin to Ajasse is so bad; from osun state to Ajasse through offa is worse.when you get out of the bus, you go on pain killers!

I can attest to this. All he does is repair some Clinics and paint Ilorin then loot whatever that is left. To that the man also collected from the excess crude account and they say its only Goodluck thats corrupt. God will judge all of them together. Do you know Kwara is in serious debt as well in spite of those boom days? Thank God the President has stoped them from borrowing!

knowme:
Thats the bad thing about PDP they do not know how to keep good things, lots of the governors that showed up there are from the PDP Ahmed and Ameachi to mention just two, and what happened to them ? they were chased out by the retrogressive PDP its now that you wanna claim credit SMH for you o' lol

I dont know about Rotimi but Ahmed left PDP along with his boss Saraki.Please get your fact right about why they left!

Omokaysmith:
So sad..
Nigeria is suffering massive casualties of both the military and civilian population & all u can say is Gej all the way
What a selfish and one sided approach...
Am sure if u av family and loved ones among the casualties u will be asking for change and not continuity

I have casualties and I want Goodluck to continue rather than put my trust in people that are underestimating the situation, taking terrorists as rife-raffs! Our troops are fighting hard and these help from America too is a trap to take what they want. Our troops needs cleansing as well as support. I think APC-Buhari lacks compassion as well. They ought to have come out to help the government when they were called upon even before national conference. They're painting the government bad instead of helping to fight the enemies. Terrorism is not easy to fight my compatriot stop playing the blame game! We dont have counter terrorist squad before,this is a new war for our troopers in term of scope and terrain. Yes these are tough facts let on one decieve you .

mickeymimi:
IBB is my father — says Jonathan

This election is getting funnier by days. Imagine the sound that "IBB is main sponsor of Boko haram" is the father of our own Nebuchadnezzar (GEJ) . Horrible. For a sitting President to have visited a man who turned corruption into state policy means we aren't serious about fighting corruption in Nigeria. Something is fishy within PDP & it's disappointing. TO GEJ, IBB is a saint.

Jonathan .."In an interview after his closed door meeting with the former military president, President Jonathan explained that he was in Minna to see the former president following his recent return from abroad after medical treatment.

He said he was with Babangida to express his appreciation to him over his leadership and commitment to a unified and peaceful Nigeria.

Calling Babangida his father, Jonathan was happy at the good condition he found the former military President, noting that as a former leader, Babangida possessed the sort of experience needed to tackle the nation’s security challenges."

http://www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/25262-ibb-is-my-father-jonathan

He even gave awards to past leaders at the national conference...thats a crime as well right? Shows You know nothing about politics. Am shocked you brought it up to mean Goodluck and IBB are responsible for the problems in NorthEast. Even Buhari visited this same IBB,that should be a reason to suspect him right? Guy get real! Your partisan attitude has gotten the best out of you. If there's any conspiracy theory,it should be against Goodluck...he's the one that have all to loose. His 2nd term,his party's rulership ofcos next year will be time to share oil blocks again and guess who are main beneficiaries? Truth is we have a goodguy in Goodluck and the noises against him are pointers to the fact that we should be careful before we decide.

bushdoc9919:
Interesting....Cynicisim

Two points from the article.

1.The crisis in the North , while not caused by the government is allowed to fester so as to prevent a large mass of opposition voters voting for the APC. I am not sure whether to beleive that...Boko does not pay attention to elections, or to abuja power play.....and this enemy is a far different one from the ones the Nigerian Army has faced over the years.

2.Distance makes the heart grow less fonder. Now maiduguri is not that far from abuja (9 hours by road on a good day).....so not much of an excuse.

I think that blaming the insurgency on the govt is a misunderstanding. Boko is not your usual African rebel group...these are guys who have learned tactics from gents schooled in Afghnistan's harsh crucible.Govts do not crush insurgencies immediately.....see Rhodesia, China, Iraq, Syria, the UK, etc.....especially when your enemy is a ghost using ghost tactics.

Also, there is a lot to be said about the incompetence of local leaders.....ie governors, LG chairmen. Someone described his LG chair on another thread as someone who just dishes money among his guys.And sadly most Nigerians seem to think that govt begins and ends in Abuja. Nigerians have to make their governors work for them...because if we did ages ago....there would have been no Boko.

Of course....Abuja needs to stop running a Dutch diseased economy....and instead go for an industrial economy which means more jobs and an increased value for education. ......even among Boko's constituency.

This is in line with my line of thinking. Its not been easy fighting the insurgency. Truth is I dont trust these foreign reporters at all. Why did'nt they accuse other Country's government for having terrorism activities in their countries. American intervention simply means they want something from us in return. But is it really true that Goodluck is not concerned about NorthEast? Common this guy bought weapons even jet fighters,sent relieve materials to them!

berem:
I think Fayose should visit Yaba Left! He is fast loosing it and he's becoming an attention seeker and a nuttcase. He should tell his aged father to go for medical check up that is if his father is still alive.

Stoopid man!

Stop being partisan it might be true that the man may be ill.

BlackTechnology:
The mistake Nigeria made during those years was to completely defend the naira without making provision to spend some of our foreign reserve to finance the establishment of industries whose products we import.


If we had done so, the demand for dollar in order to import foreign goods would have declined due to the fact that we now produced them locally.

And that's what Goodluck's doing! Lets start producing and exporting our thing rather than defending Naira so we can be importing more. Its a blessing in disguise because latter our Naira will surely be stronger once our economy is self sufficient! (8

2n2k:
1. Lie. What Buhari regime signed with Brazil was 'Counter-trade agreement'. At the time, there was oil glut, so low price and no buyer. In addition, opec severely restricted the quota of its members. In order to circumvent these constraints, govt signed counter-trade agreement with some countries including Brazil to exchange oil for needed goods. Not refined fuel as you alleged. Kaduna refinery was brand new then and warri and port-harcourt 1st refineries were all working at full capacity. Nigeria wasn't importing fuel in the 1980s. Infact, the port-harcourt 2nd refinery was built strictly for export under IBB.

2. Until under IBB, forex was strictly government affairs. It was not introduced by Buhari. Infact to import under Shagari, you must first get import licence from the minister of trade. What buhari strictly enforce was exportation of forex - which means you can only carry what you legally and truthfully collected as PTA or BTA. It had always been in force before buhari regime but sacred cow (politicians) could abuse the rule. Remember Fela case.

3. I don't know how old you are but if you are old enough, you would have heard of Price Control Board introduced even before Shagari regime came in 1979. In addition, when oil price fell in 1982, Shagari regime introduced 'austerity measures' including empowerment of the then Nigerian National Supply Company - an agency of government to be responsible for importing essential commodities (called 'essenco' then) like rice, cooking oil, sugar, tyres etc for distribution to Nigerians at controlled prices. As usual, the ruling NPN topshots hijacked the thing and used Indian companies like Inlaks to hoard the commodities in warehouses once imported by NNSC. Unluckly for them, buhari took over a year later and sent soldiers to force open the warehouses to auction the hoarded goods after wide publicity which always led to essenco long queues in the early days of his administration.
The process got sanitized later and with the help of counter-trade agreement, essenco became available even in big super-markets like leventis and utc at controlled prices. They were also directly distributed to civil servants and cooperatives.

4. Buhari was in government for less than 2 years. If the entire graduates in the country were unemployed during his short tenure, what were those graduates doing during the oil boom that preceded the regime up to a year before he came in? You are just parroting illogicality may be because you were not born then. Nigerians felt the effect of the austerity measure more under Shagari than under buhari and let me tell you, unemployment as known today was not on wide scale then. Many people still got jobs even under Shagari austerity talkless of buhari.

5. I cannot contest your assertion that he sacked 30,000 soldiers because I was not aware and definitely was not widely reported in the press then which would be unusual given his not so cordial relationship with his chief of army staff (IBB). Even those who overthrew him did not list this as one of his shortcomings.

6. For the record, buhari never formally proscribed NANS. The chief of staff SHQ - Idiagbon always insisted that they would just not recognize the leadership of NANS whatever that meant. But given the experience of the previous obj military regime with NUNS which obj proscribed and NANS was formed under succeeding shagari civilian regime, it was understandable that a military regime would not be enarmoured with possible organized opposition.

just before you decide. Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari

Goodluck must be defended with our facts.

OLADD:
God bless you. God bless our country, Nigeria.

berem:
So what is stopping Jonathan and DSS from arresting APC members who are major financiers of boko haram? Why are they allowing Nigerians to die when they can arrest the APC financiers? Why are they making political issues out of it when they have the powers to end the insurgency?

My friend,Olisa Metuh is a noise maker and an agent of noise pollution.

wont you rather believe Goodluck is only witch-hunting them for political gain. Get real! You can go on arresting people anyhow like Buhari would.

Your intelligence is widely refered by my humble self. Thank you soo much!

OLADD:
Compatriot, you have every right to like or dislike any government but what should be eschewed in entirety is the attitude of been economical with the truth when issues bothering on such govt are discussed. Nobody in Jonathan's administration has embarked on outright condemnation of Sanusi during and after he left office.When the history of Central Bank adminstration is written in Nigeria, Sanusi:s regime will be remembered for some laudable interventions. However, Sanusi allowed parochial considerations and political adventure to derail and undermine his office, he yielded to anti-Jonathan agents(APC specifically) thereby throwing his personal image and achievement into the mud. It's now in the achirve that the then sitting CBN governor in a desperate move to smear the image of his commander in chief went berserk by throwing up allegations ofsupposed missing NNPC money, fiddling with different figures at different fora, from $48b to $20b and finally to $10b dollars a claim that was eventually dismissed by the Legislative house as a ruse. From the ensuing allegations and counter allegations, it was obvious that Sanusi was playing out a script well written to label Jonathan's adminstration as corrupt while on the other hand project the image of the opposition. So when the downside of Sanusi is been mentioned, it's natural and expedient to also trump up his major highpoints in office.

mpowa:
1.4 million jobs per year? is it ghosts they're employing? Because I wonder who's getting the job. Abi na togo people them they employ?

Did she say its a government job? Wonder why you could not comprehend a simple piece. Read again and digest!

2fine2fast:
She should explain to us how our Darling Naira has fared under her misadministration.

$1 = #213
Sabo market, Ibadan.
26-01-2015

so you chose not to read the reason for the devaluation? Funny how you've chosen to believe what you've been told without finding out the truth. Niga get real!

We all know politicians for propaganda but read about your man before you vote...if you say he's changed well I believe Goodluck will change too. As for me and my house we will not vote base on our emotions but on facts on ground. Check out this one...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari

cycline404:
Just watching the poster above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^


But come to think of it this is a mere propaganda i watched the video several time, all those he jailed, fire where all been persecuted based on the rule of law back then.

Talking about the WAI, that was a great one, Nigerians to que up to enter buses or never to throw a paper nor sh.it on the street, that was a great one.. why now painting it black..

Then after IBB took over, what happened to Nigeria's corruption situation.

Good i salute and support the power of women in the society. Sometimes when it comes to a serious business especially from a man, then the women should not be put first, imagine them saying buari never go to the church meeting alongside with Fashola and Adeboye with his wife. Damm that was cheap.

PDP really need some jobs to do, as for me if i have decided to vote for Buhari then watched this propaganda, i will still go ahead and vote for him.

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I saw so many many lies in that videos.
I am an hard core fela fan.

Fela was angry on the fact that buhari Jailed him, not because fela was traveling with some foreign currency:
Fela only came in with some foreign currency, which he was paid with for his show abroad, there was law on then on such regulation, that made fela to be persecuted based on that, in other to reduce corruption.

Fela, later released a track beast of no nation, which talked about Buahri but the only accusation he gave him was GMB, strictness on discipline matter, which to me i saw as something that would have trained Nigerians let assume they allow it to happen the way GMB did it, we wont start writing DO NOT URINATE HERE on every walls.

Damm so much lies in that video, like the photos of A soldier telling a police man to do some frog jump, that wasnt buhari's time.

Based on the missing money, it wasnt during GMB's time the track of Fela, Army Arrangement said it all. They should not cut and edit what the great fela never said. All was during Obasanjo's time

The video was so dumb and unprofessional honestly, it was a very cheap disgraceful stunt all those indomine headed opposition can come up with, now i see more reason why they signed the FOI's bill during this time..

Why talking about the death of GMB's daughter, shai this people no go kill me, what has that got to do with GMB as the presidential candidate.

I am so sure and convinced that Fayose was the brain behind the video and the oga say go ahead.

If GMB only agenda is to tackle, tries and jail corrupt officials, then we want him there.
Corruption kills the
Education Sector
Judiciary Sector
Electoral Sector
Health sector
Power Sector
Revenue Sector
Aviation Sector
and on and on....

If the above sector sit up even in fear and do there job right then there is a better Nigeria