It’s been over 8 months since former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of the People's Democratic Party handed-over the mantle of leadership to President Muhammadu Buhari on the 29th of May, 2015 and Nigerians are still waiting for the 'change' marred with failed campaign promises.

The significance of the ruling party metaphorically 'eating its words' to stay alive in the face of the cash crunch speaks volume of the party's lack of readiness to rule Nigeria but only to secure political power willy-nilly.

Below are some stringent indications the APC was never prepared to rule the country:

(1) Appointment of Ministers:

It took President Muhammadu Buhari 5 good months to appoint his cabinet members. His excuse was that his administration was trying to estimate the state of all the government ministries. We all patiently waited for the 'angelic Ministers' of change until he presented some regular politicians with tainted names. His lateness in the appointment of Ministers laid the foundation for the hush-hush preparation of the 2016 appropriation bill that stirred up controversies.

(2) Economic downturn:

During the twilight of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's administration, the price of oil in the international market started falling. The price per barrel stood at $50 with Economic Analysts predicting an all time low value but Nigeria's political messiah, APC developed no contingency plan to turn the economy around in the face of the economic crisis and it will shock you that Buhari's budget of N6.08 trillion betrays the principle of cutting one's coat according to his size. The economy is virtually run with inactions which prompted the Nobel laureate winner, Wole Soyinka to advocate for a national economic conference to ameliorate the situation.

(3) Non-inclusion of youths in governance as promised:

I am an APC sympathizer but the party has to accept its level of emptiness in the promises made during election campaign period. The Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo claimed no youth qualified for an appointment to Buhari's cabinet out of the over 64 million youths (age 15-35) Nigeria comprises of. This is laughable and it all bores down to a lack of an instituted structure or sketched plan to accommodate a youth like we have in the United Arab Emirates today.

(4) Blame Game:

Goodluck Jonathan has been blamed for the current strength of Boko Haram, unemployment, corruption, poor infrastructural facilities, fuel scarcity and even the recent outbreak of Lassa fever amongst others. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed even reiterated that the APC wouldn't have stood a chance if Jonathan's administration was favourable to Nigerians. Invariably, Jonathan is being blamed for APC's victory at the centre. I want to use this juncture to remind the ruling party that government is a continuum. The past shouldn't be an impediment to the future and good leaders are made in tough times. The blame game is a subtle escape route for cluelessness. The Nigerian masses are hungry for results.

(5) Abduction of Chibok school girls:

The kidnap of over 230 Chibok school girls in Borno state during the Jonathan-led PDP administration was well capitalized on by the APC during the presidential election campaign period. I will not blame the APC government for its failure to rescue the girls as promised but President Muhammadu Buhari's statement of setting up a panel of inquiry for a fresh probe into the Chibok girls abduction after 6 months of his assumption of power while meeting with the #BringBackOurGirls campaign team and the parents of the victims in Aso Rock Villa, Abuja speaks volume of expertise in talking the talk and not walking the walk. APC did a good job with the criticisms on the abduction but nobody ever thought about proffering a solution to the recovery of the innocent girls.

(6) Failed promise on social security for unemployed youths:

The APC has spoken in different tongues on the N5, 000 palliatives for unemployed youths before Buhari recently cleared the air. Lai Mohammed did a wonderful job twisting the welfare package to benefit only the 'vulnerable' Nigerians. Who isn't vulnerable among the masses? Well, I was shocked when the State Minister for Labour and Employment, James Ocholi (R.I.P) stated there was no data available for the number of unemployed youth to operationalise the programme meaning it was a ruse all along.

(7) Job creation for Nigerians:

The increase in the level of unemployment and under-employment was one of the major reasons why most Nigerian youths joined the APC bandwagon as the party strongly expressed its commitment to provide jobs to boost the economic status of the people. Well, APC easily identified the problem without a tested measure to resolve it. This accounts for the anger of youths expressed via social media with various Twitter hashtags.
Lai Mohammed added salt to the injuries of people by claiming the party never promised to 'give jobs' but simply 'create jobs'. Isn't that tricky and smart of this current administration?

( Budget crisis:

That 2016 national budget was trailed by criticisms from the first day it was presented as it was an embodiment of misplaced priorities and lack of planning. Till date, there are mixed reports on the budgeting system. This prompted the eventual theft of the appropriation bill. It was later withdrawn officially and represented before we were ushered into the episode of 'budget padding'. With the national budget representing the plan which a state construction process follows, one would wonder if the APC ever thought of winning the highly heated 2015 presidential election.

(9) Lack of progress in the power sector:

The power sector is key to the economic development of Nigeria. With stable electricity supply, cost of production of companies will reduce, goods and services will become cheaper, entrepreneurs will emerge with small businesses of growth potentials due to the enabling ground, and life will be more comfortable for the people and other benefits. You will agree with me that there is no significant improvement in that sector since the emergence of the former Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola as the Minister of Power, Works and Housing. Not even an act of body language from the minister who probably uses a generator to supply power in his own house. Fashola's 45% increment in electricity tariffs without focusing on the supply of power has defamed the APC. This is a mere show of guess work and eleventh hour rush.


(10) Buhari's passion for junketing:

In more 8 months, President Muhammadu Buhari has travelled to over 20 countries, jetting out about 25 times in the face of the cash crunch crippling Nigeria. This is an action he criticized the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the year 2003. Nigerians are yet to see the benefits of the expensive foreign trips even though China has pledged to invest $60 billion in Africa and the United Arab Emirates has pledged to assist in the repatriation of stolen funds stashed in the country. Buhari is desperately seeking for Foreign Direct Investment forgetting the fact that the development of infrastructural facilities is the key to attracting foreign investors and not wooing them with words.

Buhari's recent signing of Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with Qatar to pave way for direct flights between major cities of both countries is highly questionable considering the fact that Qatar has delisted Nigeria from countries its giving visa for entry as they probably regard Nigerians as unfit for their country. This is just a few of terrible feedback that have leaked to the public.

http://villagetowncrier..com.ng/2016/03/2015-election-top-10-indications-apc.html

Osayimwen Osahon George
Smile2georgex@yahoo.com

Apc were only interested in getting rid of Jonathan.

Anyways, we are all entitle to Our Own Opinion.

God will punish all those behind nigeria progress

Smell the cofee..

Lets give bubu a benefit of doubt...at least he's chasing corrupt officials upanda but the truth be say things don hard o walahi.p.s nothing concern me with APC.

So it was PDP (the thieving party) that was ready to rule Nigeria right?

11. Half-baked war on corruption and not a conviction yet.

so you want to be taken 5k every month without doing noffin? You are a rogue

#GOD BLESS GEJ
#NIGERIANS HAVE NW REALIZED THE MAN WAS SHOUTING CHAIN CHAIN!!
And they said GEJ was clueless, if this is what cluess means me ah wanna be clueless oooo.

Am still wondering wat Nigeria expect from an ILLETRATE!

This 4years is not only going to be wasteful, but also development backwardness and some level of hardship.

But God will rescue us after this 4years with an intelligent leader with a good heart IJN.

APC- scam

I agree

These doesnt prove anything

OP, I so much agree with you because you said the bitter truth even tho zombies will come for your head. Now let's check if things are really working as they should because the zombies want us to forcefully swallow lies and deciet. So I therefore ask:


What about the Agatu killings of over 300 people and habitation of their land both by the blood suckers and their cattle?
What about the Ogun and Enugu killing of farmers and molestation of women and children by same Fulani herdsmen?
What about the kidnapping of children and forceful conversion and marriage?
What about the economic recession that Nigeria is presently in?
What about the darkness and poor infrastructures? What about the frequent fuel scarcity?
What about the mile 12 killings?
What about the massive corruption in the budget and abandoned projects?
What about the killings of peaceful protesters in SE?
What about the Shiites massacre?
What about the killings of innocent people in Rivers state by the security forces?
What about the harassment and beating up of peaceful protesting old women in Delta state?
What about the massive difference between the official and black market dollar exchange rate (another corruption perpetrated under the dullard's watch)?
What about the massive job losses and retrenchment presently experienced by the populace?
What about the near collapse or complete collapse of businesses experienced recently?
What about the accidents on our roads which has turned to an hourly routine?
What about the increased crime robbery, kidnapping and ritual killings that we've been experiencing in this country since last year?

All APC zombies and sycophantic goats should bury your heads in shame..


Meanwhile, mumuhammado mumuhary is a brainless, headless, senseless, useless, clueless, visionless, directionless, bigoted, vindictive, tyrannic, nepotistic and tribalistic dullard that can only think straight when fed with cow dung, when tongue tied in Aisha's butt hole or toto, or when masturbating..

omenka:
Wow!! Personal thread about a personal opinion: four comments and its already sitting on the fp!!
Wow!! Supermods, I dey hail oo!!

E pain you?

Why not use this and thank me later from the spiritual realm?

SO you write plenty about a Govt that have not even implemented its own budget. Still running on a budget with a false income projection based on the price of oil when it was done.


OK PDP should take over back.


Are you happy now ?

Wow!! Personal thread about a personal opinion: four comments and its already sitting on the fp!!

Wow!! Supermods, I dey hail oo!!

E.warriors from Edo state, PDP squandered 16 yrs of economic boom, you are complaining about 9months after mate of their disastrous reign of wastages and ineptitude. Sorry man, no more money to share as power has changed hands, somebody else has clear the mess you left behind.

OP ! Obviously playing the BLAME GAME as well . CHANGE is a process not a status . If you wake tomorrow and suddenly Nigeria turns to America won't you runaway? Patience it's a virtue but quite unfortunate only a few will understand. The End Justify the Means .

k

The main problem PMB admin has wt major Nigerians is because its first time an opposition wil win a ruling party in Nigeria,that why PMB admin critics are daily increasingly.
What pdp can not fixed in last 16yrs Nor Gej in 6yrs and you want PMB to do so in 9mnths.
d dudes below me are spewing trash

The ends shall justify the means.

This is what my grand ma calls changeee

lion042:
God will punish all those behind nigeria progress

I don't understand this English.

You can't change under 1 years, voodoo economy where we import fuel with all our foreign exchange, nothing will be left to run d government. This government need time to save and do something. Algeria foreign reserve is $155 billion while Nigeria reserved is $28 billion, Russian $379 billion. They all save during d raining days, but Nigeria squandered.

No road, no refinery all this take years to build and where is d money already share among our yam eaters.

Mind you I don't blame GEJ, he never ask to rule us, they call him to come and TRY (OBJ).

You can't change under 1 years, voodoo economy where we import fuel with all our foreign exchange, nothing will be left to run d government. This government need time to save and do something. Algeria foreign reserve is $155 billion while Nigeria reserved is $28 billion, Russian $379 billion. They all save during d raining days, but Nigeria squandered.

No road, no refinery all this take years to build and where is d money already share among our yam eaters.

Mind you, I don't blame GEJ, he never ask to rule us, they call him to come and TRY (OBJ).

I dey laugh+ APC is confuse part, youth please wakeup it is time to call govt to order. enough Is enough is this country Nigeria. our govt can't continues playing on our intelligent. NO job, No empowerment from of any form, what we hear everyday is promise upon promise. Send our message to the govt of the day that we're angry. we voted for CHANGE BUT IS COMING .[color=#990000][/color]

uche87:
It’s been over 8 months since former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of the People's Democratic Party handed-over the mantle of leadership to President Muhammadu Buhari on the 29th of May, 2015 and Nigerians are still waiting for the 'change' marred with failed campaign promises.

The significance of the ruling party metaphorically 'eating its words' to stay alive in the face of the cash crunch speaks volume of the party's lack of readiness to rule Nigeria but only to secure political power willy-nilly.

Below are some stringent indications the APC was never prepared to rule the country:

(1) Appointment of Ministers:

It took President Muhammadu Buhari 5 good months to appoint his cabinet members. His excuse was that his administration was trying to estimate the state of all the government ministries. We all patiently waited for the 'angelic Ministers' of change until he presented some regular politicians with tainted names. His lateness in the appointment of Ministers laid the foundation for the hush-hush preparation of the 2016 appropriation bill that stirred up controversies.

(2) Economic downturn:

During the twilight of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's administration, the price of oil in the international market started falling. The price per barrel stood at $50 with Economic Analysts predicting an all time low value but Nigeria's political messiah, APC developed no contingency plan to turn the economy around in the face of the economic crisis and it will shock you that Buhari's budget of N6.08 trillion betrays the principle of cutting one's coat according to his size. The economy is virtually run with inactions which prompted the Nobel laureate winner, Wole Soyinka to advocate for a national economic conference to ameliorate the situation.

(3) Non-inclusion of youths in governance as promised:

I am an APC sympathizer but the party has to accept its level of emptiness in the promises made during election campaign period. The Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo claimed no youth qualified for an appointment to Buhari's cabinet out of the over 64 million youths (age 15-35) Nigeria comprises of. This is laughable and it all bores down to a lack of an instituted structure or sketched plan to accommodate a youth like we have in the United Arab Emirates today.

(4) Blame Game:

Goodluck Jonathan has been blamed for the current strength of Boko Haram, unemployment, corruption, poor infrastructural facilities, fuel scarcity and even the recent outbreak of Lassa fever amongst others. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed even reiterated that the APC wouldn't have stood a chance if Jonathan's administration was favourable to Nigerians. Invariably, Jonathan is being blamed for APC's victory at the centre. I want to use this juncture to remind the ruling party that government is a continuum. The past shouldn't be an impediment to the future and good leaders are made in tough times. The blame game is a subtle escape route for cluelessness. The Nigerian masses are hungry for results.

(5) Abduction of Chibok school girls:

The kidnap of over 230 Chibok school girls in Borno state during the Jonathan-led PDP administration was well capitalized on by the APC during the presidential election campaign period. I will not blame the APC government for its failure to rescue the girls as promised but President Muhammadu Buhari's statement of setting up a panel of inquiry for a fresh probe into the Chibok girls abduction after 6 months of his assumption of power while meeting with the #BringBackOurGirls campaign team and the parents of the victims in Aso Rock Villa, Abuja speaks volume of expertise in talking the talk and not walking the walk. APC did a good job with the criticisms on the abduction but nobody ever thought about proffering a solution to the recovery of the innocent girls.

(6) Failed promise on social security for unemployed youths:

The APC has spoken in different tongues on the N5, 000 palliatives for unemployed youths before Buhari recently cleared the air. Lai Mohammed did a wonderful job twisting the welfare package to benefit only the 'vulnerable' Nigerians. Who isn't vulnerable among the masses? Well, I was shocked when the State Minister for Labour and Employment, James Ocholi (R.I.P) stated there was no data available for the number of unemployed youth to operationalise the programme meaning it was a ruse all along.

(7) Job creation for Nigerians:

The increase in the level of unemployment and under-employment was one of the major reasons why most Nigerian youths joined the APC bandwagon as the party strongly expressed its commitment to provide jobs to boost the economic status of the people. Well, APC easily identified the problem without a tested measure to resolve it. This accounts for the anger of youths expressed via social media with various Twitter hashtags.
Lai Mohammed added salt to the injuries of people by claiming the party never promised to 'give jobs' but simply 'create jobs'. Isn't that tricky and smart of this current administration?

( Budget crisis:

That 2016 national budget was trailed by criticisms from the first day it was presented as it was an embodiment of misplaced priorities and lack of planning. Till date, there are mixed reports on the budgeting system. This prompted the eventual theft of the appropriation bill. It was later withdrawn officially and represented before we were ushered into the episode of 'budget padding'. With the national budget representing the plan which a state construction process follows, one would wonder if the APC ever thought of winning the highly heated 2015 presidential election.

(9) Lack of progress in the power sector:

The power sector is key to the economic development of Nigeria. With stable electricity supply, cost of production of companies will reduce, goods and services will become cheaper, entrepreneurs will emerge with small businesses of growth potentials due to the enabling ground, and life will be more comfortable for the people and other benefits. You will agree with me that there is no significant improvement in that sector since the emergence of the former Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola as the Minister of Power, Works and Housing. Not even an act of body language from the minister who probably uses a generator to supply power in his own house. Fashola's 45% increment in electricity tariffs without focusing on the supply of power has defamed the APC. This is a mere show of guess work and eleventh hour rush.


(10) Buhari's passion for junketing:

In more 8 months, President Muhammadu Buhari has travelled to over 20 countries, jetting out about 25 times in the face of the cash crunch crippling Nigeria. This is an action he criticized the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the year 2003. Nigerians are yet to see the benefits of the expensive foreign trips even though China has pledged to invest $60 billion in Africa and the United Arab Emirates has pledged to assist in the repatriation of stolen funds stashed in the country. Buhari is desperately seeking for Foreign Direct Investment forgetting the fact that the development of infrastructural facilities is the key to attracting foreign investors and not wooing them with words.

Buhari's recent signing of Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with Qatar to pave way for direct flights between major cities of both countries is highly questionable considering the fact that Qatar has delisted Nigeria from countries its giving visa for entry as they probably regard Nigerians as unfit for their country. This is just a few of terrible feedback that have leaked to the public.

http://villagetowncrier..com.ng/2016/03/2015-election-top-10-indications-apc.html

Osayimwen Osahon George
Smile2georgex@yahoo.com

You can't change under 1 years, voodoo economy where we import fuel with all our foreign exchange, nothing will be left to run d government. This government need time to save and do something. Algeria foreign reserve is $155 billion while Nigeria reserved is $28 billion, Russian $379 billion, they all saved during d oil boom, but Nigeria squandered.

No road, no refinery all this take years to build and where is d money already share among our yam eaters.

Mind you, I don't blame GEJ, he never ask to rule us, they call him to come and TRY (OBJ).

You can't change under 1 years, voodoo economy where we import fuel with all our foreign exchange, nothing will be left to run d government. This government need time to save and do something. Algeria foreign reserve is $155 billion while Nigeria reserved is $28 billion, Russian $379 billion, they all saved during d oil boom, but Nigeria squandered.

No road, no refinery all this take years to build and where is d money already share among our yam eaters.

Mind you, I don't blame GEJ, he never ask to be president, they call him to come and TRY (OBJ).

Be patient still under 1 years, voodoo economy where we import fuel with all our foreign exchange, nothing will be left to run d government. This government need time to save and do something. Algeria foreign reserve is $155 billion while Nigeria reserved is $28 billion, Russian $379 billion, they all saved during d oil boom, but Nigeria squandered.

No road, no refinery all this take years to build and where is d money already share among our yam eaters.

Mind you, I don't blame GEJ, he never ask to be president, they call him to come and TRY (OBJ).