@ sapele guy, im very familiar with those and the fact still remains those are just allegations thrown around to discredit the man and they arent even PROVEN yet. which electricity project are u talkin about? The amount spent wasnt even any where near the qouted fiqures. Obj enemies just concort up som figures to brainwash pple to make him look terrible.
Modern doesnt necessary mean in phycical terms. It refers to a new direction, a point of turnin d corner. we had just recovered from years of military missrule and attempts were made during obj's rule to do things differntly. There was massive economic rejuvenation, inflation rates stagnated, enormous inflow of investments, debt fogiveness, serious fight against corruptn(even if not done perfectly), improvement in nija image abroad.
Point is he tried to make things work. How, in 8yrs, would he fix electricity, roads, water, hospitals that have all gone all terrible through years of serious neglect.
You point out areas he didnt do well and i point out sections he did well. period.

how people cant discuss issues with one another without throwing insults is amazing. Even when you are discussing other issues like music, romance etc these same people come on here and before they write three words, they would have decorated their write ups with all manner of insults and abusive languages thrown at anyone who as much as toe a different line of thot to theirs.
 To start with, obj has not been proven to have looted money.  U cannot sit in ur room and just assume since his farm was better of after he left office then he must have dried up nija money. How wont his farm improve? He was president for 8yrs for God's sake. There are so many benefits that are attached to dat office. The 6k figure amounts to the total no of employees thruout the 30yrs of its existence.
  im not an obj beneficary but if truth be told he tried his best given the circumstances and he shud be called father of modern nigeria.
He may not av been perfect. He may failed in some aspects( who doesnt fail anyway or who passes all). But to say the man was a total failure is just being economical with d truth.
He laid the foundation for us to move forward and he shud be accorded that honour.
End of,

the issue is not yaradua goin to sit at d UN assembly to listen to rantings of other presidents because that is not all they do at these conferences. He wud have had ample opportunies to meet with them and discuss issues of national interests, pushing nigerian concerns and interets while meeting with them.

Remember obj always said in modern age u dont just send people to negotiate for u but u, as the president, have to go urself so they take u seriously. And to say obj's attendance of such meetings and his frequent trips abroad didnt yield anytin is just being plain stupid, ignorant and idiotic. There were huge foreign investments coming in, foreign debts erazed, our place in the comity of nations was enhanced.
Seriously it is immoral to wish for an obj 3rd term but i reckon if he had stayed in for 4more yrs we wud av made great leaps forward in all areas.
The man had is flaws but there is no doubtin he had gud plans for nigeria. End of.