Vcojuro:
An English translation of a speech delivered in
Hausa by President Muhammadu Buhari on
in front of Queen Amina Hall at
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State. The
speech was made in the presence of Aliko Dangote,
Gov. El-Rufai, Senator Shehu Musa, Emir of Kano
Lamido Sanusi, Sultan of Sokoto, Islamic Cleric
Abubakar Gumi, Former Vice President Atiku
Abubarkar, Former Head of State Abdulsalami
Abubakar, Dr. Aliyu Umar, Engineer Sani Bako,
amongst others. It was broadcast live on BBC Hausa
Service, VOA Hausa Service, NTA Hausa Service with
livestream on Gamji.com and other online forums.)
On one bright day like today, our campaign plane
landed at Bauchi airport. I looked through the
window and saw a sea of people at the tarmac. It was
the same panoramic view that I see in front of this
Queen Amina Hall today. It was a common sight in
those days but this one was different. As the plane
taxied to a stop, the crowd surged towards it. They
got right onto the runway. Security men and women
tried to stop the crowd but gave up at one point. The
security personnel, too, ran towards our plane. From
the window of the aircraft, I took a deep look at the
crowd; some barefooted, some well dressed as if it
was Salah; some young, some old, some rich, some
poor. A look at many in the crowd showed people
who have had a tough life. Yet, the enthusiasm on
their faces, the passion in their steps, the gusto of
their chant, Sai Buhari, touched my heart. I said right
there, before I got off the plane, that if I win the
election, I would come back to those people that I
saw, I would find them across Northern Nigeria and I
would make a deal with them.

wadetaw202:
I've always said it; that GMB will only be a President of NORTHERN NIGERIA and not the President of the whole of Nigeria. I only hope this will not turn out to be true after all.

donphilopus:


Shut it man. How is he a President of the North?! If you sit an Exam and score 55 and a Northerner sits the same Exam and score 10 and he's eventually given an admission, you'd be the first person to shout 'quota system'. Buhari is trying to right the wrong, you're here shouting 'Northern President'.

In the 2014- 2015 WAEC statistics, South-West had a total of 400, 445 students who registered for the examination. Out of that number, 130, 365 passed while 270, 080 failed. That is 33% pass versus 67% fail. In the South-East a total of 184, 970 registered for the examination. Out of that, 118, 985 passedwhile 65 985 failed. That is 64% versus 36%. In the South-South a total of 305,183 students registered with 13, 072 passing while 174, 111 failed which is 43% vs 57%. In the North West, 309, 139 took the examination, 66, 295 passed while 242, 844 failed, that is 22% vs 78%. In the North Central minus F.C.T, 279, 558students took the examination, 62, 499 passed while 217, 059 failed, that is 22% vs 78%. In the North East, 150, 951 students took the examination, 14, 772 passed while 136, 179 failed, which is 10% vs 90%. In the F.C.T, a total of 18,153took the examination, 5,568 passed while 12 , 585 failed, which is 31% vs 69%.



For long, we, your leaders, have pointed at some
other places and some other people as those
responsible for your challenging lives. We did it to
cover up our own failures to lift you up the way we
lifted our own children. We did it to protect ourselves
from being at the receiving end of your wrath. But we
should have known that our long-term fate depends
on you, the people, and not just in giving our children
the best that the world has. Now, we are ready to
make amends.

wadetaw202:
I've always said it; that GMB will only be a President of NORTHERN NIGERIA and not the President of the whole of Nigeria. I only hope this will not turn out to be true after all.

wadetaw202:
I've always said it; that GMB will only be a President of NORTHERN NIGERIA and not the President of the whole of Nigeria. I only hope this will not turn out to be true after all.

lomprico:
About the education stats, the north still have a very long way to go, 50% of those that write these exams in d north are southerners who live in the north.

abduljabbar4:

The same bastard that will call northerners illiterates. You often ask what the north has to show after years of power but now you are complaining. Every region has its own particular problem

donphilopus:


Shut it man. How is he a President of the North?! If you sit an Exam and score 55 and a Northerner sits the same Exam and score 10 and he's eventually given an admission, you'd be the first person to shout 'quota system'. Buhari is trying to right the wrong, you're here shouting 'Northern President'.

wadetaw202:



Your father is a bastard. Your mother is a prostitute. You are an accursed eediot. Your curse will follow you to your grave. So be it. You want to tow the abuse and curse line? Then be my guest.

wadetaw202:
I've always said it; that GMB will only be a President of NORTHERN NIGERIA and not the President of the whole of Nigeria. I only hope this will not turn out to be true after all.

Bevista:
He was addressing the people of the north,offering them a solution to what he considered was their greatest challenge. Same way he addressed people in the east - talking about trade, industrialization, enterprise, 2nd Niger bridge, etc.