Opara, PDP chieftains flay president

Mixed reactions ranging from the need to face reality to assertions of unfaithfulness yesterday trailed news of President Muhammadu Buhari’s assertion of abandoning the All Progressives Congress, APC’s promise of paying out N5,000 stipends to some unemployed Nigerians.

While some as Governors Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa State saw the reversal as a consequence of economic realities of the time, some leading lights in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as erstwhile deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sir Austin Opara saw it as another betrayal by the APC.

President Buhari, who was away in Saudi Arabia during an interactive session with Nigerians in that country reportedly claimed that the payment of the N5,000 handouts as promised by his party during the campaigns was not his priority.

Other prominent Nigerians who spoke on the issue included former minister and member of the Board of Trustees, BoT of the PDP, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, members of the House of Representatives, former commissioner of police in Lagos State, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, president of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Alhaji Shettima Yerima, chairman of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, Mr. Debo Adeniran, President of the Campaign for Democracy, Dr Joe Odumakin among others.

Okorocha Asserting that the president was right in his new assertion, Governor Okorocha said if carried out to the letter, it might lead to marrying a harem of women as wives and increased intake of alcoholic drinks. He said “To be honest with you, it is a great idea, but there are many ways to give that support. Sometimes it could be in cash which has its negative challenges. Handling of that is also in itself a wonderful and great idea.

Al-Makura Governor Al-Makura also speaking on the issue yesterday said: “The President is the person that can tell you precisely how he is working on promises and interventions that he has created by his ingenuity. And if at any point in time the President is reviewing that issue, I think he is the only person to do that because what he is doing is in the best interest of the country.

Tanko Yakassai Elder statesman and ranking politician, Dr Tanko Yakassai, on his part, said he was not surprised at the manner in President Buhari is discarding some of his campaign promises. Yakassai in a telephone chat with Vanguard said the Buhari-led federal government was not adequately-prepared for governance. “I am not surprised because they did not plan for most of the promises they made and that is why they cannot implement them. They were not prepared for power and I have said this before, not to annoy them but to caution them on the need to go back to the drawing board,” he said.

Opara In his response, former deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Austin Opara said it was very unfortunate that the APC hoodwinked Nigerians with a negative change which could not materialize. According to him, “It is very unfortunate that Nigerian politicians won’t keep to the promises they made during electioneering campaigns and coming from the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not only disappointing but very disgraceful”.

Tsav A retired Police Commissioner, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav said: ‘’The President has said he did not promise that. It is a wise decision to fix infrastructure instead of paying N5000 to unemployed ones. When infrastructure is fixed, people will get jobs and the nation will be better off. It does not mean reneging on campaign promise because he said he never said so.”

Odumakin President of the Campaign for Democracy, Dr Joe Okey-Odumakin said: “It is clear there is some disconnect as the president said ‘they’ promised but ‘I’ never did. What this shows is that there was no coordination in the campaign.” Odumakin, who is also president of Women Arise for Change Initiative, urged that “the president should now clarify what his own promises are so that people will not be holding on to what ‘they’ promised.”

Babatope A former Minister of Transport and a member of thePDP Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, though declined to comment on the development, noted that the decision laid with the president. He said “I do not have any reaction. He (Buhari) can do whatever he wants to do. You want change, good luck to you.”

Adeniran On his part, chairman of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, Mr. Debo Adeniran said; “Campaign promises are tinkered with when the reality dawns on the political actors. Usually, they make those promises based on conjectures rather than objective assessment of the reality on the ground. Some of these decisions are far beyond their capacities to implement, that was what would have informed the reneging on that promise.

Yerima President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Alhaji Shettima Yerima, said “To me, it is an abuse on the sensibilities of Nigerians for any politician to come out publicly and make promises to Nigerians. After securing the office, such politician now reneges on their promises. ”It is uncalled for and I do not think it is right. The president must find a way and ensure that the stipend is paid.”

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/03/reversal-of-n5000-stipend-to-unemployed-okorocha-al-makura-others-back-buhari/

Are they all now wailing?

Tanko Yakassai
Elder statesman and ranking politician, Dr Tanko Yakassai, on
his part, said he was not surprised at the manner in
President Buhari is discarding some of his campaign promises.
Yakassai in a telephone chat with Vanguard said the
Buhari-led federal government was not adequately-prepared
for governance.
“I am not surprised because they did not plan for most of
the promises they made and that is why they cannot
implement them. They were not prepared for power and I
have said this before, not to annoy them but to caution
them on the need to go back to the drawing board,” he said.

This is just the bitter truth PMB was never ready for governance and it's a shame after contesting for this same job for more than 3 times...SMH

Everybody is wailing... Now it's difficult to tell the difference between a wailer and a zombie because some zombies are now displaying the attributes of wailers... The zombies here on nairaland that are still forming are the ones that are either eating Aisha 's rice one way or the other or the ones that are old enough to get married but are still staying with their parents eating free three square meal...

by the secretary general of the wailers association

Buhari is sinless.

Zombies.

APC is synonymous with lies

Babatope A former Minister of Transport and a member of thePDP Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, though declined to comment on the development, noted that the decision laid with the president. He said “I do not have any reaction. He (Buhari) can do whatever he wants to do. You want change, good luck to you.” I hate dis babatope of a man.....

Are they now wailing....

Zombies like okorocha can follow buhari to his grave...
What kind of nonsense is he yabbing....?

Before they came up with that promise didn't they know that the unemployed and employed, rich and poor people( though they are all gullible) will vote for them bc of that and should keep the promise to maintain integrity??

Even if you want change, come and collect. N5, N20 N50, N10
Rubbish!!! It serves those that voted Buhari and APC because of the stipend scam right.

I see comments of people that were complaining of such policy when APC promised such thing.Now they are the one complaining of such policy been scraped.A sane person will want to know how to fish rather than been given a fish.APC govt!I believe in you that we will all get there by God's grace.

I'm not for #5000

my only problem is why promise in the first place?

ayoola05:
Babatope A former Minister of Transport and a member of thePDP Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, though declined to comment on the development, noted that the decision laid with the president. He said “I do not have any reaction. He (Buhari) can do whatever he wants to do. You want change, good luck to you.” I hate dis babatope of a man.....

Why hate him.
Wetin he do you?

N5000? Beer and peppersoup money na him make all dis old men and sufferhead youths dey bark? Abeg make una leave buhari to think of better tings!


Creation of jobs and boosting the private sector should be prioritised over this chicken change!








**sips chilled gulder while exhaling hot mary jane**

disloman:
I see comments of people that were complaining of such policy when APC promised such thing.Now they are the one complaining of such policy been scraped.A sane person will want to know how to fish rather than been given a fish.APC govt!I believe in you that we will all get there by God's grace.

young man truth and sincerity is the key to everything, yes even in unfavourable situations. I personaly is amongs those who opined that N5000 payment is very unproductive. But the question is this, once apc refused paying this N5000 it simply means they came in by trick and deceit.but i bet u trickishly they will be voted out. Cos you cant toil always with peoples intelligence. 4 times he contested, but nothing shows any seriouness in his plans, as far as am concern pmb has a dirrty islamic plan for this country which is what he is here to carry out. Miraculously his plans will fail

buari dullard's govt of change...

Dmillionaire:
young man truth and sincerity is the key to everything, yes even in unfavourable situations. I personaly is amongs those who opined that N5000 payment is very unproductive. But the question is this, once apc refused paying this N5000 it simply means they came in by trick and deceit.but i bet u trickishly they will be voted out. Cos you cant toil always with peoples intelligence. 4 times he contested, but nothing shows any seriouness in his plans, as far as am concern pmb has a dirrty islamic plan for this country which is what he is here to carry out. Miraculously his plans will fail

Bro!you telling us that 15m of people that voted Baba voted cos of the 5000naira?Baba didn't deny it but saw the future and the reality on ground won't favour such polity.I see courage in what Baba said.They might not fulfil the promise now,they can still do that.They still have 3 more years.Most sane people were against the promise.

disloman:
Bro!you telling us that 15m of people that voted Baba voted cos of the 5000naira?Baba didn't deny it but saw the future and the reality on ground won't favour such polity.I see courage in what Baba said.They might not fulfil the promise now,they can still do that.They still have 3 more years.Most sane people were against the promise.

young man as i have said b4 by Gods grace i can afford the N500 20times monthly. Also is wrong for you to be asking me on NL here if 15million pple voted pmb in because of N5000. I have the complete 42 manifesto of pmb b4 election and one thing am sure of is that pple voted because of certain tins in that manifesto which the N5000 promise is one laudable promise in that manifesto as at that time. Removing any of those promises is like is like changin the goal post during a game. even if they want to remove the plan, something reasonable should be replaced and communicated likewise

My head shakes in consternation each time I read comments from some so-called elders and the teeming youths who parade themselves as leaders of tomorrow. Campaign promises are social contracts between any political party and the people it intends to govern. So if for whatever reason such promises are broken, questions should be asked about the INTEGRITY of the leaders of that party instead of looking for escape routes as it's been done by Lai Mohammed, Okorocha and some social commentators who should be burying their heads in shame. Since Satan is the father of lies, it means they were only following the dictate of their Master when cunningly scamming electorates for votes knowing it was all prank.

From the ensuing events in the 8-month old Buhari adminstration, anybody that takes the president and members of his team as men of integrity obviously needs brain and moral checks. As someone who places so much attention on events happening around me, I had observed apparent deceits and falsehood on the faces of Mr. President, the VP and key APC members when those fake promises were been reeled out at campaign venues but typical of ever gullible Nigerians, nobody ever took note. A lesson for those who still have their conscience unbroken.

Sai Baba ..Baba Is the best president ever liveth,he can't do no wrong.











But hunger still dey kill you @zombie Apc

Where is our Money??

I think creation of jobs will be way better dan d 5k....we don't want to breed lazy Nigerians and besides how are we sure the money will get to the right unemployed youths....






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Sai Buhari

On top 30 dollar per barrel are you kidding me?

Frankiss44:
Everybody is wailing... Now it's difficult to tell the difference between a wailer and a zombie because some zombies are now displaying the attributes of wailers... The zombies here on nairaland that are still forming are the ones that are eating Aisha 's rice one way or the other or the ones that are on enough to get married but are still with their parents eating free three square meal...

..

What's this ?

Even the weather is not in support of pmb government, constant heat ... No body should come and preach global warming for me o

To whom much is giving much is required
Buhari dis change wasn't d change u promised

Mr President never forget what Bob Marley said,you can fool some people sometimes but u can't fool all the people all the time.......never mind we are waiting at the bus stop.

Anybody that really expects Buhari to pay Nigerian jobless graduate #5000 is an enemy of Nigeria.

Is that why you sleeping! My friend go and setup sweep the kitchen

Jirate:
Personally, i am not Surprised and i do not pity his Blind Supporters either. All these goes to confirm what we already know, Trust Buhari at your Own Risk, APC Cannot be relied upon.

Is it also possible to withdraw votes for President Buhari? Electorates have also realised that political realities have shown that he is overwhelmed.
If he can withdraw his promises, electorates should also be allowed to withdraw their votes.

APC is scam!
Buhari is scam!