₦airaland Forum

otokx:
The military should be deployed immediately so also a curfew.

zubby29:
Jehovah please send us a helper in any form,b it gmb, or anyone dat can stop dis useless killings of Nigerians cos d current leadership has completely failed us.d land is soaked in blood

mamajohn:
I am born by an Ibo mother to a Yoruba father. So I have a maternal link with Ibos. I lived with an Ibo Uncle in Lagos in the 90s while in secondary school. An Ibo man, including my Uncle respects money even more than God. Let APC field the best of Ibo as President, not even VP, the Ibo will still vote for GEJ because of the free money he would bring. Ojukwu cannot produce governors in all SE states the way Tinubu dominates the SW today because an average Ibo man considers survival strategy above all things and would rather vote an Hausa incumbent president for second term instead of voting a fellow Ibo who won't throw money around. Ojukwu did not win in the east because he told them point blank that he won't give money to anyone. An average Ibo man would rather live in bondage with money flowing than embrace the fullness of life in freedom that Ojukwu preached, no wonder the possibility of having a true Ibo president (not the trickish GEJ type) is diminishing as the day goes by, cheers!

chamboy:
and that greatness is not gonna start if we keep having leaders like GEJ

Seaen:
Change is coming at last. The choice is made. Buhari/Osinbajo it is.

enkay4love:
u took the words right out of my mouth. I wish the next government would fix this refinery menace as its foremost priority.

Eeser:
I have to agree with Fashola that the price of petroleum products should be reduced. This clueless GEJ federal government have been fleecing Nigerian citizens since 2010.
#GEJ till feb 2015.

mig007:
Before being MILITARY Head of State, Buhari had been Governor of one of the Northern States (under Obasanjo’s Military government) as well as Minister for Petroleum. He later served as Chairman of PTF under Abacha. Please consider the following unassailable facts:

- He birthed and supervised the establishment of our existing refineries.

- There was no religious crisis while he was Head of State. It started under his successor IBB!



During buhari's rule, my mother searched all the stores in ikeja for a tin of peak milk and sugar, but could not find any. Many families suffered hunger during buhari's time. Ask any elderly person


We dont want our store to be empty again





- In his time as Head of State he reduced inflation from 23% to 4%, by fiscal discipline and a homegrown economic team (not achieved under any other era, even military).

- JJ Rawlings of Ghana took over 2 years before him, and killed all the corrupt leaders, while Buhari only sentenced the corrupt leaders here to prison.

- Under his watch as PTF Chairman, what he did in road construction in that short period hasn't been matched by 12 years of the PDP.

- Hospitals and universities around the country never witnessed as much benefits as they got from the PTF from any government after or before his time.

- Despite serving in senior capacity in the oil sector, first as Minister for Petroleum and then Petroleum Trust Fund, Buhari has no petrol station,much less a rig, refinery or an oil block like so many of our leaders.

- He could have retired into nauseating opulence like an IBB or Danjuma or even OBJ but didn't.

- Instead of hobnobbing with the high and mighty, he has cast his lot with the ordinary man most of who follow him out of hope and belief in his values.People who know him have said of him... "All I need from Buhari is his word, I can take it to the bank".

- He is the only politician in the North today who fills rallies without renting a crowd. The Kaduna rally of 2nd March is eloquent proof.

- He refused to collect an allowance while serving as Chairman of the PTF because he said since he was already drawing a pension from government, his conscience would not allow him to draw another salary from the purse of the same government.

- He is the only former head of state that does not own property or land in Abuja.

- Every attempt to rubbish him through probes in time past ended up vindicating him! The man who was asked by OBJ to take over the running of PTF before it was scrapped with the aim of probing and indicting Buhari, was the one who ended up being prosecuted
for misappropriating $100m of PTF funds! Buhari again, was vindicated

- He has OPENLY challenged those who accuse him of religious fundamentalism to come out and show proof. No one has till today, taken up the challenge.His personal driver of many years is a Christian from Plateau State.

- His government initiated the War Against Indiscipline that has made environmental cleanliness, queuing up, not urinating by the roadside etc features of our national life even till today Does it then surprise you why corrupt people would be spreading such heinous rumors about Buhari?

mrlaw93:
Well is no news that some Nigerians are born fo0lish.. Tell me why would a man/woman with sense of thinking ever think of voting for mr Jonathan come 2015. #ICry..

major466:
I want GEJ back because he's working while others are hating.

brownlord2:
Too sad, we going back to 80's a man that cant live without cow likely to be the president of country that Is seen as giant of africa

birdman:
Japan has roughly the same population size. On a tiny island. I dont see anyone crying about overpopulation out there. We have a larger land mass, access to the sea and far more resources.


Wrong. Large population means large economy. It is why brazil, india, china, japan , usa are able to thrive. If anything, the fact that we have a low technology adoption rate is an opportunity for a few tech heads to become billionaires. A transparent government goes a long way in leveling the playing filed for entrepreneurs who dont have 'connect'


I think you are mistaken. I for one am not expecting Buhari to walk in there and do magic tricks. I want rule of law, a president who acts in the best interest of his country instead of IMF or world bank, and who can stand shoulder to shoulder, head high with any other world leader. If he does that, Nigerians are dynamic enough to transform the economy. Is it not this same Nigeria producing the likes of Fashola, Duke, Soyinka, Dangote etc

berem:
Doyin Okuigbe is already panicking even when the news is false. Someone who said if APC survives beyond six months,he should be called a bastard.
What a SUPER BASTARD he is! Omo Ale jati jati!

trayvon360:
It's. A bad thing that nigeria is falling apart and people are still supporting the president that dont give a damn. Nigerians who are supporting gej because he is from south south. Are no better than the senseless . Bh boys killing people indiscriminately. Nigerians unite against bad leadership and wake up. The little dog has become a full grown monster. And d master is ignoring it..

maclatunji:
I agree with you. It is the government that needs to respond effectively to terrorism not individuals. For as long as this President continues to deliver incompetence, we are in deep trouble.

Litmus:
If we're honest with ourselves, though i sympathies with him, he should really resign. This is what you'd expect in a mature democracy. However, Nigeria isn't a mature democracy, with all the ethnic and regional screaming and shouting, staying on may be for him the lesser of two evils.