Showing posts with label POLITICS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label POLITICS. Show all posts

Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Charly boy pens open letter to Buhari

 Mr. President Sir,
Once again I am compelled to voice out my bewilderment at the stumbling and wobbly kind of governance we have had since you came onboard.
I wonder what you are doing right now.
I wonder if our tears, pains and hopelessness affect you in anyway.
I wonder if you are the one in charge or some other people.

You have tasted leadership before and you know what it entails. I understand that. However, then and now are two different scenarios, two separate dispensations.
We know you.
We know about your war against indiscipline.
We hear about your no-nonsense stand against corruption.
We have read so much about our stolen monies which you have managed to recover. Well done sha.
Meanwhile, the nagging questions that leave me sleepless most nights remain unanswered…
How much money have you collected from the looters so far?
To what use have the monies been put?
From where I stand, it seems you’re the only one in your cabinet fighting corruption while your praise singers are busy washing you all over town trying to convince us that you’re a good man.
I, CharlyBoy, know that you are a “good” man: someone who loves the country, a patriot with a high sense of morals perhaps. But na that one we go chop? Is that all that is needed to fix the rot of over 40yrs.?
I don’t think so!
To a great degree, Nigeria has become a terribly dysfunctional society.
I didn’t vote in the last elections because I just tire with the kalokalo leadership so far. Even when a lot of people wanted change, I wondered what manner of change could come when in our history we never really struggled for anything.
Before you sat on that chair, I proclaimed that Nigeria would only survive under a benevolent dictator; one with lots of selfless love for the country and is willing to lay down his life, one who would deal mercilessly with all those who have ruined our land.
A lot of people thought I was talking about you.
From Boko Haram to Niger Delta Avengers. MASSOB, OPC, to Biafran Avengers, name it, the list is endless.
Mr President Sir, you ought to, as a matter of urgency, review your approach to handling issues because, sometimes diplomacy works better. Excessive force will only breed more discontentment. Take it from me.
Your mark of fair play must cut across board, you must not leave room for us to second-guess your intentions biko, and you must at all times convey clarity of purpose.
It is not possible (or I should say it is unbelievable) that you can’t see that we are swimming in the river of chaos.
It is funny because, those who feel insulated and protected by the State will discover that they are mere sitting ducks!
Just because say boys dey vex!
Putting Nigeria together will take a lot more than childish, nonsensical propaganda.
It will take more than prayers, more than just being a good guy.
Being good is important but not as important as being a no-nonsense ass-kicker; person wey no send, because many things don scatter.
I don’t care if you’re trying to convert all of us to Islam, I don’t care if everyone in your cabinet is your in-law, brother, sister, tribesman, cook, steward or even your MaiGuard.
On behalf of all the frustrated youths in this country, all we need is a leader who can fix things, not the one that comes with excuses.
A leader who is not afraid to admit that he has no clue to certain matters but willing to learn spot on and hands on.
A leader who can’t be comfortable with praise singers.
A leader who is troubled by the cry of poverty-ridden Nigerians.
A leader who can raise our hope once again in our battered country.
A leader who can make us start believing in our Nigeria again.
Oga Presido, do sometin o, boys are vexing!
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Dino Melaye is a disgrace to the Nigerian senate-Tinubu's aide

Following a report  in which it was alleged senator Dino Melaye threatened to beat up wife of APC leader and fellow senator, Mrs Remi Tinubu,the media aide to her husband , Bola Tinubu has slammed Melaye, calling him a disgrace to the Nigerian senate.This comes after Dino Melaye claimed the Saharareporters story was false.
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Friday, 24 June 2016

You are so clueless! Toni Payne slams Donald Trump after he celebrated the departure of UK from the E.U

9ice's ex -wife Toni Payne slammed Donald Trump after he celebrated the departure of the UK from the EU(European Union), noting America would soon be free too once he is voted in to power.
This comes as British Prime minister ,David Cameron announced his resignation following the results..Cameron was against the removal of the UK from the E.U .
Donald Trump released a statement on Facebook which reads
The people of the United Kingdom have exercised the sacred right of all free peoples. They have declared their independence from the European Union, and have voted to reassert control over their own politics, borders and economy. A Trump Administration pledges to strengthen our ties with a free and independent Britain, deepening our bonds in commerce, culture and mutual defense. The whole world is more peaceful and stable when our two countries – and our two peoples – are united together, as they will be under a Trump Administration.
Come November, the American people will have the chance to re-declare their independence. Americans will have a chance to vote for trade, immigration and foreign policies that put our citizens first. They will have the chance to reject today’s rule by the global elite, and to embrace real change that delivers a government of, by and for the people. I hope America is watching, it will soon be time to believe in America again.
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Monday, 20 June 2016

Man charged for attempting to kill Trump

 A US man has been charged for trying to grab a police officer's gun at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas so he could kill the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. According to court documents, Michael Sandford, tried to disarm the officer at the June 18 rally at the Mystere Theatre in the Treasure Island Casino before being overpowered. "Sandford revealed that he made a conscious effort to come to Las Vegas to kill Trump," the complaint states.
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Charlie Sheen blasts Donald Tump for giving him fake cuff links as wedding gift

cHARLIE sHEEN BLASTS  Donald Tump
Charlie Sheen claims Donald Trump once tried to impress him with an improvised - and worthless - wedding gift.The actor said Trump came up to him at a restaurant where he was having dinner with his then-wife Brooke Mueller and offered him fake jewelry as a present.Sheen said during an appearance on the Graham Norton Show.
'I noticed Donald staring at my watch. He says, "I want to give you an early wedding gift from me and Melania,"' So he says, "These are platinum diamond Harry Winston," and he pulls off his cuff links and he gives them to me.'
Months later, when Sheen had the jewelry appraised, he said an expert found the cuff links to be utterly worthless.

'[The appraiser] took the loupe, spent about four seconds and kind of recoiled from it — much like people do from Trump,' Sheen said. 'She says, "In their finest moment, this is cheap pewter and bad zirconias." And they're stamped "Trump."'I just thought, what does this really say about the man that he said, "Here's a great wedding gift," and it's just a bag of dog s**t?'
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Sunday, 19 June 2016

Fr.Mbaka-Buhari's people not picking my calls to hear the vision I had concerning his life

Fiery cleric and the Spiritual Director, ‎Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has disclosed of his recent vision concerning President Muhammadu Buhari’s ailment. ‎Mbaka, who made the revelation in one of his Adoration programmes, stated that several efforts he made to reach people close to Buhari over the vision had remained unsuccessful as they refused picking his calls.

On Buhari’s ailment, he declared that his chances of recovery may be slim but that with the prayer of the members of the congregation, he would receive healing.

He equally declared that there were some people who were not happy that Buhari was alive.
“Such people hate everything about the President”
According to him, in the vision, the President was critically sick and was being flown abroad for treatment.
“His health was in a bad shape and he was asking that (Fr Mbaka) should pray for him. None among the people I have called, picked my calls.
“People think I speak with Buhari everyday. When people climb into power, they are dazed. It is a long dream. Our job is to pray for him but there are things that he must do and there is no way to communicate it to him”, Fr. Mbaka said.
He, therefore, asked the congregation to stand up and lift their hands up as he began to pray for the health and healing of President Buhari.Nigerians are expecting the President, who has been away on a medical vacation, back to the country, today (Sunday).

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Thursday, 16 June 2016

FG has been more active since PMB went on holiday-Reno Omokri

As tweeted by the former presidential adviser to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan ...
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Tuesday, 14 June 2016

We have kept our promise of creating jobs for Nigerians – Lai Mohammed

 The Federal Government has said that it has kept its words by commencing job creation across the country in fulfillment of its campaign promises. 
 
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Monday at the South-South Town Hall Meeting organised by his ministry. He said that construction and ancillary workers have started returning to work in droves as contractors are mobilized back to the various road construction projects across the country. 
 ”As more and more road construction works resume in the days ahead, thousands of Nigerians will also be returning to work.” 
The Minister also said the recruitment of 500,000 teachers had commenced through the online portal ‘npower.gov.ng’, while listing other direct job creation and training schemes that are ongoing now as the N-Power Knowledge, which is training 25,000 Nigerians in technology, and N-Power Build, which is training another 75,000 Nigerians in building services. According to him, the Federal Government is exploring the agricultural sector for massive job creation through the repositioning of the River Basin Development Authorities. 
“Still talking about jobs, an agreement has been signed to reposition the River Basin Development Authorities within the next 18-24 months. The agreement between the River Basin Development Authorities and the Songhai Farms of Benin Republic includes the training of unemployed youths in integrated farm practice. This programme is complimentary to the upcoming Youth Agriculture Empowerment Programme being planned by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development,” Alhaji Mohammed said.
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First photos of Buhari in London since he went on 10 day vacation

 President Muhammadu Buhari has been pictured for the first time since he left Nigeria on June 6, 2016, for a 10-day vacation and travel to London to rest, as well as see an Ear, Nose And Throat specialist .

He was received today by Justin Welby & Sec Gen of Anglican Communion Worldwide, Most Revd Josiah Idowu Fearon.

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Monday, 13 June 2016

Jonathan's ADC among officers fired by Army

There was shock in the Nigerian Army, with some hinting of ethnic and religious cleansing, as close to 200 officers including major generals were retired, on Friday, following what the authorities said was a consequence of service exigencies.  Former ADC to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Col Ojogbane Adegbewas also retired.
 A sizeable number of those retired are said to be those that held operational positions like Brigade Commanders, Commanding Officers and other sensitive positions during the 2015 general elections, as well as those that participated in the war against terror, now christened ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’. 
 
Others allegedly had one or two roles to play in the procurement of army equipment and other logistics and may have been indicted by the Chief of Army Staff’s Committee that investigated arms, logistics and other procurements dating back to the tenure of former COAS, Generals Owoye Azazi, Abdurahman Dambazau, Azubuike Ihejirika and KTJ Minimah. 
 
 A statement from Army headquarters, signed by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations on the retirements and released at 12. 45am, on Friday, read, 
“The Nigerian Army wishes to inform the general public that quite a number of senior officers of the Nigerian Army were retired from service yesterday. “Those retired were mainly some Major Generals, Brigadier Generals, Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels and a Major. “Their retirement was based on Service exigencies. It should be recalled that not too long ago some officers were investigated for being partisan during the 2015 general elections. Similarly, the investigation by the Presidential Committee investigating Defence Contracts revealed a lot. “Some officers have already been arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). “People should therefore not read this out of context. “The military must remain apolitical and professional at all times”. See list of some of the affected officers below:
 1. Maj Gen FO Ali. 
2. Maj Gen EG Atewe. 
3. Maj Gen Ejemai. 
4. Maj Gen MY Ibrahim. 
5. Maj Gen IN Ijioma. 
6. Maj Gen Koleoso. 
7. Maj Gen PAT Akem.
 8. Maj Gen LC Ilo. 
9. Maj Gen SD Aliyu. 
10. Brig Gen Onibasa. 
11. Brig Gen IM Lawson.
 12. Brig Gen D Abdusalam.
 13. Brig Gen Bashir Mormoni. 
14. Brig Gen ASH Sahaad.
 15. Brig Gen Koko Essien. 
16. Brig Gen MD Onoiveta.
 17. Brig Gen LM Bello. 
18. Brig Gen MG Ali. 
19. Brig Gen Oyefesobi. 
20. Brig Gen Ogidi.
 21. Brig Gen Fiboinumama. 
22. Brig Gen Agachi. 
23. Col OU Nwankwo. 
24. Col Adegbe. 
25. Col DR Hassan. 
26. Col TT Minima.
 27. Col CK Ukoha. 
28. Col FD Kayode. 
29. Col Achinze.
 30. Lt Col Oladuntoye. 
31. Lt Col Adinmoha. 
32. Lt Col CO Amadi. 
33. Lt Col Baba Ochanpa. 
34. Lt Col Dazang. 
 
35. Lt Col TE Arigbe. 
36. Lt Col Egemole. 
37. Lt Col A Suleiman. 
38. Lt Col A Mohammed.
 39. Lt Col AS Mohammed. 
40. Lt Col Enemchukwu.
 41. Maj TA Williams.
 
Vanguard
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Tuesday, 7 June 2016

Is Buhari's govt scared of investigating Obasanjo and other presidents? -Seun Kuti


From the desk of Afrobeat music star,Seun Kuti.
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Buhari hands over to Osinbajo

President Buhari
 President Buhari has handed over power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajoi. Osinbajo will serve in acting capacity for the 10 days President Buhari will be away in the UK for medical checkup.President Buhari’s letter to the senate was read on the floor of the house by the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, during plenary today June 7th. This is the first time President Buhari is transferring power to Osinbajo since they both came into power in May 2015.
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Monday, 6 June 2016

Could this be Buhari's infected ear? (Photo)

President Buhari ear infection
President Buhari left Nigeria for London on a 10 day vacation and to also visit an ear,nose doctor..Sahara reporters obtained this image of the president and alluded to the fact it could be the president's infected ear.
It looks slightly swollen.
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Could this be Buhari's infected ear? (Photo)

President Buhari ear infection
President Buhari left Nigeria for London on a 10 day vacation and to also visit an ear,nose doctor..Sahara reporters obtained this image of the president and alluded to the fact it could be the president's infected ear.
It looks slightly swollen.
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Ear Infection: Buhari Takes 10-day Vacation To See Doctor in London

President Muhammadu Buhari will as from today, June 6, embark on a 10-day vacation to see his doctor, in London, United Kingdom.
Asides using the trip to see an E.N.T (Ear. Nose. Throat) Specialist in London, the President is also expected to use the period to rest.
Premium Times recently reported that the President was suffering fr
om an ear infection which has limited his public outings and official assignments in the past few weeks.
Following the publication of the report, the Presidency released a statement, saying that the President is as fit as a fiddle and that the report is a figment of the writer’s imagination.
The same presidency on Sunday, released a press statement, announcing the 10-day vacation of President Buhari and a prospective visit to his doctor.
“During the holiday, he will see an E.N.T. specialist for a persistent ear infection”, says Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President.
“The President was examined by his Personal Physician and an E.N.T Specialist in Abuja and was treated. Both Nigerian doctors recommended further evaluation purely as a precaution”, the statement added.
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Sunday, 5 June 2016

Why FG did not name looters —Presidency

Why FG did not name looters
Yesterday, the presidency came under criticism after making public the amount of loot recovered by the Federal government but failed to list the names of looters .According to the minister of information, Lai Mohammed, looters returned..N78billion, $185m, £3 million..
 
In response to the criticism, the Presidency, last night, defended its decision not to release the names of those who returned the funds. It cited the fact that while some of those who returned money were not in any way guilty of any offence, publishing the names could deter those contemplating returning ill-gotten funds in their custody. A top Presidency source, who spoke to Sunday Vanguard , anonymously, said
“This thing is ongoing and one of the reasons why we did not release the names was that without going to court we were able to retrieve all that amount of money. If you release names, other people who want to do voluntary returns will not do so. What we need is the money and not the names”, he stated. “Secondly, many of those who returned the money are not necessarily guilty. For instance, if my party gave me money to go and campaign in an election, how am I to know that that money was from an illicit source? “For instance if money is given to a newspaper for publication, you cannot criminalise the newspaper because it did not know where the money came from. If the newspaper returns the money would it be fair to publicise the name of the newspaper. “If you listen to the mob you will just end up in the ditch. The practical thing is that we want more money to come in. And we don’t even know what are the terms of the agreement by which anybody returned money. “So, for those who are saying that we ought to release the names, they got it completely wrong; it would be counterproductive. In fact, some people could go to court suing us for defamation and libel and then the whole essence would be lost and all people would be talking would be about the court cases. That is not what Nigeria needs now. What Nigeria needs now is to be focused and “we believe we have taken the right step in letting Nigerians know how much has been recovered, $9 billion without going to court”.
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Monday, 30 May 2016

Jonathan Shocked Me In 2015 - Buhari

Jonathan Shocked Me In 2015
President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday told State House correspondents in Abuja that he was shocked when the former President, Goodluck Jonathan, called him before the 2015 Presidential election was concluded to concede defeat.

At a launch with the reporters, president Buhari said
“When he made that famous call at 4:45 pm and said ‘Good evening Mr. President, I have called to congratulate you and I concede defeat’, I was silent for quite a while because I was surprised and he said ‘did you hear me?’,“For someone who was a Deputy Governor, a Governor, a Vice President and a President for six years to concede that easily showed his great sense of patriotism”.For him to still go ahead and concede was definitely not an easy decision.””President Buhari said.
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7 Clear Blunders Committed By Buhari


 The first one year of President Muhammadu Buhari has been of many trials and error. Here are 7 clear blunders committed by Buhari since the inception of his government.
A year ago, Muhammadu Buhari was Nigeria’s Rorschach test, upon whom Nigerians could project their disparate yearnings, following widespread disenchantment with the administration of Goodluck Jonathan.

To govern, however, is to choose, and the choices the leader of this diverse entity called Nigeria makes in a 12-month period, are what has largely revealed his personality.
Like any new leader, especially one dogged by security threats and plummeting economic indices, President Buhari wishes he could have had it less tough.
Mr. Buhari stated earlier this year that he wished he hadn’t been elected president at a time Nigeria was grappling with severe insecurity and low crude oil prices at the international markets.
“But I say why me? Why is it that it is when they have spent all the money, when they made the country insecure that I returned?” Mr. Buhari lamented in a February 5 interview with Al-Jazeera. “Why didn’t I come when the treasury was full? Oil price was over $140 per barrel and when I came, it slipped down to $30. Why me?”
Although Mr. Buhari still frequently blames his predecessor for running the country aground, bequeathing only a “virtually empty” treasury to him, he also committed ample embarrassing gaffes in terms of policy pronouncements and his deliberate indifference to the public mood.
Since Mr. Buhari did not participate in any debate during the campaign–and the number of times he made stump speeches for himself could be counted on fingertips—it is hard to suggest that the president would, in hindsight, wish he had not pit an ardent campaign against his major challenger, Mr. Jonathan.
Juxtaposing the current state of his presidency with the euphoria that greeted his emergence as winner of the historic 2015 elections, here are some low-hanging fruits that require no legislation that Mr. Buhari should have plucked to assert himself clearly as a leader who has both the mor*l and intellectual astuteness to effect the fundamental changes Nigerians have long craved.
Disclosure of Asset
Mr. Buhari is arguably the first-ever Nigerian leader that was elected into office on the perceived strength of his character as a conviction politician that could decisively deal with corruption —Nigeria’s worst bane.
To further convince Nigerians that he was, indeed, a frugal and incorruptible man, Mr. Buhari, in one of his speeches, said he would publicly declare his assets upon assumption of office. He also said he would prevail on his appointees to do the same.
Shortly after his swearing in, Nigerians began demanding copies of Mr. Buhari’s assets declaration documents as submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau. And the president began prevaricating about the matter immediately.
At first, he released a statement claiming to have fulfilled his public assets declaration vow on June 6, 2015. That turned out to be misleading. Mr. Buhari only submitted his assets declaration form to the CCB as every government official is mandated to do.
Under intense public pressure, the president released a statement enumerating his assets and those of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The statement was at best imprecise, with no clear details of listed assets. It failed to provide addresses of landed of properties, vehicle models, assets of spouse and children as required by law, and more. The presidency assured those details would be available to every Nigerian once they were verified by the Code of Conduct Bureau.
The bureau has since done so, but Mr. Buhari still refuses to come entirely clean on how much he is worth, even though the Ahmed Joda transition committee advised that immediate public declaration of assets would be a “quick win” for Messrs. Buhari and Osinbajo.
Questioned during a presidential media chat in 2015, a visibly itchy president questioned why he was singled out, from amongst the governors and other political leaders.
Till date, a day away from the government’s first birthday, the president has failed to disclose his assets by sending the photocopies of what he submitted to CCB to the media, as former President Umaru Yar’Adua did.
Reap as you vote
The ethnic and tribal sentiments that have for long been a feature of Nigeria’s elections were palpable in the outcome of the 2015 general elections. The results showed that while the people of the north embraced Mr. Buhari in large numbers, those in the south-south and south-east overwhelmingly voted to keep “their own” in office.
Notwithstanding, a plurality of Nigerians had expected that the president would govern fairly and inclusively in order to heal whatever wound the election may have left behind.
Alas, there’s little evidence to show that Mr. Buhari did this. Instead, he began by appointing mainly northerners to the consternation of even those who were amongst his staunchest allies. Mr. Buhari appointed dozens of aides in the first weeks of his administration without ceding any of the positions to the southeast.
Asked how he intended to implement an inclusive development of the south-south, Mr. Buhari delved into the results of the elections, speaking of how the limited support he received from the area would certainly reflect in his government’s policies and programmes to them.
When pressed on the consistent complaints of marginalisation by the South-East,, a visibly irritated president asked in his maiden media chat on December 30, 2015: “What do the Igbos want?”
Public mood and local media
Upon assumption of office, President Buhari was met with incessant and devastating attacks by suspected Boko Haram members. It took intense public criticisms for him to issue a single statement condemning the attacks. He was quiet most times. He showed similar reluctance with the herdsmen crisis across the country. The killings in Agatu and other southern communities were not condemned by the president for weeks. Most went without a single statement of condolence from his office.
But the president was swift in condemning terrorist attacks in Paris, Brussels, Grand-Bassam and elsewhere.
Similarly, Mr. Buhari hardly speaks to local media. From when he would name his ministers (in U.S.) to how he won’t let the central bank devalue (in Paris) the president has made most of the key pronouncements abroad. Talking to local media would have helped him better understand and gauge public opinion.
Presidential Air Fleet
From a Boeing 737 to choppers, those who should know said there are about 11 aircraft in the presidential air fleet. His campaign assured Nigerians that some of those aircraft would be disposed of if the president won the elections. Not one has gone yet. Why Mr. Buhari has not sold any of them or even addressed Nigerians on why he couldn’t sell remained unclear.
Appointment of ministers
Mr. Buhari failed to appoint his ministers early. From the moment he took over on May 29, 2015, till October ending when he finally released names of his prospective ministers, Mr. Buhari claimed he was taking his time to appoint the best.
In hindsight, very few people believe the president’s appointment was worth the time he spent shopping for them. Some analysts have blamed the late appointments partly for the declining state of the economy.
Given the prolonged fall in oil prices even before the elections, they argue, appointing a top economic team early enough could have helped stabilise the system and assure investors. The president missed that opportunity.
With budget, it’s business as usual in Abuja.
Given that one of Mr. Buhari’s rallying cries during the campaign was a promise to eliminate waste within his administration and streamline state agencies and parastatals, history has recorded that Mr. Buhari’s first budget was marred by irregularities–embarrassing and administrative irregularities. It failed to send the much-needed signal to unscrupulous civil servants that a new sheriff was indeed in town. It was a disaster.
Being Nigeria’s most effective salesman.
Of the 30 foreign trips Mr. Buhari made in his first year, hardly did he return from any without dropping a “bombshell”. While some were inadvertent gaffes, too many others were as deliberate as they were damaging.
Nigeria’s president has travelled to distant lands to castigate his people as “criminals”, “corrupt” and “unruly” and even urged foreign investors to be wary.
Although a plurality of Nigerian foreign policy analysts have condemned the president for his outbursts, some of his supporters say he was being honest. That could seem an afterthought. If the president does not want to sell Nigeria–which is actually part of his job– he should, at least, not de-market it.
Source: PremiumTimes
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Sunday, 29 May 2016

President Buhari's first year scorecard according to Punch newspapers

See the full scorecard below...



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PDP reacts to President Buhari's anniversary speech

The opposition party thinks president Buhari's anniversary speech this morning was uninspiring. 
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