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[size=20pt]Gbagaun, Patience Dame Jonathan Pikin[/size]

Buhari the servant Head of State is waiting for you to instruct him to fix our country:
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[size=20pt]A Brief Encounter With General Buhari[/size]

AT the time Buhari ruled, Enebeli Elebuwa was the face of Nigeria. He played Andrew, a comic, in a short propagandist documentary widely circulated throu4gh the government media particularly the NTA which was at that time the veritable vehicle of government propaganda with its Siamese twin, Radio Nigeria. This was way before the advent of privately owned radio and television stations. The NTA opened and closed with the national anthem and pledge. News was broadcast only at 9pm.

There was no CNN. In the story, Andrew had planned to “check out” of Nigeria: there were no jobs. Power supply was erratic; fuel queues were long and snaky; essential commodities were being rationed and there was a draconian war against indiscipline. Three young men had been executed for peddling drugs. The decree that sealed their fate was non-existent at the time the offences were committed. A democratically elected government had been ejected by soldiers and civilian rule was nowhere in sight.

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A law forbade the possession of foreign currency and the naira exchange rate was frightening. Europe or America bore the only hope of survival for many young men and women. But right at the departure lounge, a voice of reason beckoned: only Nigerians could reverse this terrible and ugly situation. And if each and every Nigerian with the means to ameliorate the situation “checked out”, then doomsday was near. Andrew chose to stay. When Elebuwa later became popular and famous in home movies, those who knew him by his moniker stuck to that name.

The reality on ground did not support an early resuscitation of the comatose nation. And Buhari was coming to Benin. An ample opportunity presented itself for us to confront the strongman. A little over a year before then, together with his majordomo, Tunde Idiagbon, Buhari had sacked Shehu Shagari’s government. At that time, Benin was literally teeming with radicals and ideologues of all hues and colours.

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No one would be intimidated. There was Tunde Fatunde, Festus Iyayi, Felix Orhewhere and a host of others. Outside the walls of the ivory tower there was Ohonbanmu, the Marxist ideologue who had just returned from a long sojourn in Germany and was ready to do battle. The students paraded Matthew “Matto” Urhoghide, Osaze “Pelebe” Ize-Iyamu, Evhi Eyeghre and Nnamdi Maduekwe. There was Thaddeus Alli and Kayode Thomas together with Isaac Ajayi, Onajide Onajiromu and Larry Ettah. Pelebe later became the SSG during Lucky Igbinedion’s time in Edo state while Larry Ettah today heads UAC. Inspiration was nearby and fear was unknown.

Somehow, Buhari avoided the university preferring instead to commission some showpiece projects at the sister teaching hospital. He had played into our hands and confrontation would be inevitable. And so as medical students, we made an offer to Navy Captain Yinka Omolulu, a navy doctor who was at the time the helmsman of the teaching hospital in Benin. It was an offer he could not refuse. He must have had sleepless nights pondering the consequences of his decision to allow a small party of four of us to see the strongman and prince of the Daura emirate. We had headaches for a different reason: The radio and television were filled with congratulatory messages for a messianic Buhari who had come to save Nigeria and was visiting Bendel state. We also had no more bursary as Ogbemudia no longer called the shots at government house. And how were we going to fit all our demands into Omololu’s allotted five minutes. We rehearsed and even had a dress rehearsal with Dr. Alex Khadiri of physiology department playing Buhari. Khadiri later went to the senate representing the people of Kogi east during Obasanjo’s second coming.

On that day, to Omololu’s horror, we demanded a private audience with Buhari. We had passed the point of no return and were ready to damn the fallout. You could hear a pin drop. The silence was louder than the clapping of thunder. With only his aide de camp by his side, the bespectacled general took us into a side room and firmly shut the door. Another mistake! Why couldn’t we just snuff the life out of this man and return Shagari to the mantle of leadership? The odds were in our favour. It was two against four, but the ADC was armed and so wise counsel prevailed. We asked him to justify his incursion into governance. We told him point blank that he was an illegal ruler and as illegitimate as could possibly be.

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Taken aback but quickly regaining his composure, his soldier’s training took hold of him. With a calm candour and demeanour and in as solemn as a voice could be, he walked us through the financial and economic quagmire of Nigeria since the advent of Shagari. He pointed out the rot in the management of the nation’s resources especially in the petroleum sector over which he had once presided. He enunciated the cracks that had begun to develop in the body polity and the existence of divisions along ethnic lines. There were hundreds of millions in private Swiss banks siphoned overnight. The foreign reserves were all but gone.

Infrastructure had decayed and joblessness was in sight for young graduates. Even our teaching hospital was a glorified dispensary. The academia was being depleted of quality scholarship and faculty. Was this how we wanted to proceed? He availed us of a careful and meticulous plan he had put together to redeem Nigeria and asked us to watch him. The school authorities could do us no harm as we were not at liberty to reveal what transpired between us and the general. And we knew, none had the effrontery and bravado to ask Buhari. Should harm befall us and word filtered back to Buhari, the consequences could be dire. We were left to complete our studies.

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The gangling Fulani soldier had enthralled us. He had held us captive. We were mute as Buhari spoke. We watched in awe as he excused himself for as he told us, he had a job to do. A little over a year after this incident, Buhari was toppled by Babangida, the gap-toothed general from Minna. Then Sani Abacha, the dark goggled one followed after a brief interregnum that threw up Ernest Shonekan who never sat down for a day at the office.

Today, seven reigns after Buhari, in the time of destiny’s child, Goodluck Jonathan, out of the four of us that met with Buhari, I am the lone one remaining in Nigeria. And Enebeli Elebuwa, Buhari’s face of Nigeria has died in an Indian hospital where he was ferried by a benevolent Delta state government after the country he loved turned him down.

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[size=18pt]8th May 1984 - The NY Times
Buhari announces plan for hefty cuts in government spending and reduction of imports[/size]

LAGOS, May 7— Nigeria's military head of state, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Buhari, announced a tough austerity budget today for 1984 featuring hefty cuts in Government spending, higher interest rates and cuts in credit growth.

General Buhari said in a nationwide broadcast that Government spending this year would be cut by 15 percent from a budget presented by the ousted civilian Government only two days before its overthrow on New Year's Eve.

He said the Government would continue to try to cut imports, while giving priority to raw materials and spare parts for industry and agriculture, to reduce the country's balance of payments deficit.

General Buhari also said the Government would make every effort to keep oil production, which accounts for more than 90 percent of foreign exchange, up to the 1.3-million-barrels- a-day quota set by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

eggheaders:

fuccktard were agba dogging retard like you around so laughable.stop getting unnecessary hard one for the eggheaders.

Is this English? Oh No! Not a beneficiary of Awo's free education again.

See humility!!!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acd4f_miAvA?version=3&feature=player_detailpage

slimghost:

Is this English? Oh No! Not a beneficiary of Awo's free education again.

trust me slim, that son of belial is a 'Boko Haramist' I dey watch am e be like say he wan enter 'one chance soon' he is fond of being too quarrelsome in his many warped posts here perhaps he has this inferiority complex trailing him all his life, may be he is from a polygamous home, may be he was raised an orphan, or raised in the gutter infact the 'airhead' sha get serious issues, I hope he gets well soon at Yaba left

tomakint:
trust me slim, that son of belial is a 'Boko Haramist' I dey watch am e be like say he wan enter 'one chance soon' he is fond of being too quarrelsome in his many warped posts here perhaps he has this inferiority complex trailing him all his life, may be he is from a polygamous home, may be he was raised an orphan, or raised in the gutter infact the 'airhead' sha get serious issues, I hope he gets well soon at Yaba left

I would go for that! Dude's got some complex issue!

slimghost:

I would go for that! Dude's got some complex issue!

you sef see am, so anytime he comes online ranting away in his usual incoherent 'nursery rhymes' just respond, "Ok Airhead" The guy is a lost soul

slimghost:

I would go for that! Dude's got some complex issue!

comrades in stupidity.if that didn't pass as English language for you,then go get a refund from whatever school you might have pass through.the fuccktard was spelt wrongly cause of the censoring here.facing both of you demented good for nothing ret.ards especially you tomfoolery have turned you to a worthless piece of shyte on this forum .your dumbskull is seriously seeking for a comeback.to burst your bubble you ain't getting it lols.thanks for acknowledging my nursery rhythm at least it has sent you six feet down and is turning you senile with silly ok eggheads replies.madness really runs in your lineage and it is manifesting in your epistle of jargons you spewing here on a daily basis.to the slim nematode,I thought they should have warned you that I get a violent oral and am gonna munch you like a dinosaur.for spewing shyte like your anus blocked.you still sound wack trying to sell us shyte ideas you have in your dead brain.any more reply means you seeking the full wrath of the eggheaders venom.

Sincere 9gerian:
Your "messianic" sweetheart and his party, the CPC, have been in COMPLETE control of Nasarawa state for about 2yrs now. Where are the road construction, the intra-city railways, hospitals modernisation, rebuilt schools, social schemes, reforms, power plants, irrigation schemes, etc? How far with the war against corruption in Nasarawa state? Where are the achievements of the govt? Even if they'r still ONGOING, but where are they? Where are they? Where is the promised paradise?

Simple question demands only a simple answer. We are waiting!

Their underbelly has been exposed. How many people have been convicted of crimes or looting in cpc controlled Nasarawa, where Buhari the incurruptible lion king holds sway?. Before now, he was with APP, then ANPP and they had about 5 states, we need to see their report cards so we can honestly access what to expect from a buhari led central government, judged by most recent achievements. Its not as if the more than 30 years old achievements being touted can be substantiated or are wonderful. When you have majority of the kids commenting here, talking from what they read or were told by others, what do you expect? U think its only in boko haram they brinwash?

Sincere 9gerian:
I did and I found NOTHING. Mayb I didn't search enough to see the CPC promised MESSIANIC intervention, manifest in Nasarawa state so I decided to ask in public for those who may have other information to help out, particularly those of you that profess undieing love for Buhari and his CPC

So these dudes know theres something like google?. Hw many times have used or refered to it when its the PDP thats involved? Hypocrites!

Sincere 9gerian: Buhari and his party, the CPC, have been in COMPLETE control of Nasarawa state for about 2yrs now. Where are the road construction, the intra-city railways, hospitals modernisation, rebuilt schools, social schemes, reforms, power plants, irrigation schemes, etc? How far with the war against corruption in Nasarawa state? If Jakande as governor of Lagos in the 80s started an intra-city railway project, why not the CPC led Nasarawa state govtin 2013? Where are the achievements of the govt? Even if they'r still ONGOING, but where are they? Where are they? Where is the promised paradise?

Simple question demands only a simple answer. We are waiting!

I read an attempt to answer the question in a post littered with curses and abuses BUT all that was mentioned is road construction and street lights by testimony of mouth. Where is the evidence of the road? We cant believe your word of mouth because you'r not Pope. After all you dont believe other peoples word of mouth. Where are the pictures? Is taking of pictures banned in Buhari's Nasarawa state? What are the names of the roads? How many kilometers of road has the govt built so far?

What about health, schools, fight against corruption, reforms, new policies, power plants, intra-city railways, social schemes, etc and other areas mentioned above? Na only road people go chop? PDP governors are also building roads ke and much more. But what DIFFERENCE can we see in Nasarawa state where the MAGICAL CPC is in charge? The president is also building much more than roads. Is Buhari coming to build one or two roads and share the money? Smh!

We are waiting!

22 pages so far and yet no answer to this simple question. We now know who is clueless.

From my findings, Buhari is lightyears ahead of GEJ as a leader. But, I fear that he may pave the way for my right to freedom of religion to be infringed upon, I fear that my fate would in the nearest future become similar to the fates of the non-muslims in the Islamic countries (I remember the story of Buhari's role in Nigeria's membership of the OIC), and my fears are justified. How can it be that aside from religion, the only person who seems to have the country's interest at heart is Buhari? But religion is a big issue and it just cannot be ignored. There has to be someone else.

Waliyin Allah: 4rm which villege are you 4rm?

He is a village monkey from the bush of SE.

Sincere 9gerian:
".Buhari ll reduce corruption in nigeria,he ll tackle the mess in nnpc,he ll tackle the mess in nepa and he ll not grant presidential pardon to people like alamesia"

Buhari will do this and that. We don hear. BUT what has Buhari and his party the, CPC, DONE (not will) so far in Nasarawa state? They'v been in charge for about 2yrs now.

We'v read your list of of Buhari will do this and that BUT show us examples of work DONE in the ONLY state his party is in control of NOW. I asked the question before and NO ONE has provided any answer. We are waiting!

CPC doesn't believe in blowing trumpets and engaging in media hypes just like the GEJ's administration is currently doing to mislead already blindfolded individuals like you. Governor Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has in no small measure brought the true dividends of democracy to the people of that state. Have you for once heard any news about Nasarawa in bad fate? The brain behind this is not far fetched. It is because the CPC led government in Nasarawa is working and the govt understands the core values of governance. No wonder, the Holy Bible says- 'when the righteous is in power, the people rejoice but when the wicked(Goodluck Jonathan) is in power, the people suffer and perish'. That's exaclty what is happening in Nigeria. It will be a sheer dissapation of time and energy buttressing on CPC's achievements in Nasarawa as it is crystal clear that democracy is working there. 'Market wey good, na him dey sell himself' So vote wise, vote BUHARI 2015

TechyGuy: The same Buhari that said Abacha is not corrupt? Certainly NOT!

He can say this because he has first hand information about Abacha. The PTF he headed was under Abacha and if Abacha were that corrupt, he would have one way or the other tried to influence him given the amount of money PTF was managing.

PTF still remain one of the intervention funds people still talk about till today. Do you even know the name of the agancy that replaced PTF? I am sure you dont because the agency is not making any impact in your life.

Can we point to the trillions they said Abacha looted? Where is the money today? What are they doing with the Abacha loot that you can say you have seen a difference in your life?

I hate the military but not because they are soldiers but because they have absolute power and absolute power they say corrupts absolutely. However, some military men are far better than most of the politicians that are ruling us today. For me, if a military man is in power and does not take advantage of the absoluteness of military power to enrich himself/family/friends, that person will do excellently well as a civilian leader. The reason, Buhari is my man till end of time.

And I would expect any sane Nigerian, who is not an enemy of Nigeria/Nigerians like our brothers..., to know that the right person to vote for in a contest between GEJ and Buhari, is Buhari.

Vision2017:

CPC doesn't believe in blowing trumpets and engaging in media hypes just like the GEJ's administration is currently doing to mislead already blindfolded individuals like you. Governor Al-Makura of Nasarawa state has in no small measure brought the true dividends of democracy to the people of that state. Have you for once heard any news about Nasarawa in bad fate? The brain behind this is not far fetched. It is because the CPC led government in Nasarawa is working and the govt understands the core values of governance. No wonder, the Holy Bible says- 'when the righteous is in power, the people rejoice but when the wicked(Goodluck Jonathan) is in power, the people suffer and perish'. That's exaclty what is happening in Nigeria. It will be a sheer dissapation of time and energy buttressing on CPC's achievements in Nasarawa as it is crystal clear that democracy is working there. 'Market wey good, na him dey sell himself' So vote wise, vote BUHARI 2015

you just went round in circles and ended up saying nothing. Be objective, if this same answer was given to you in a reverse situation involving d pdp would you have accepted it as good enough? Have you also ever heard of nassarawa in good light? Just mention a few achievements, if any and spare us these your empty rhethorical gymnastics. Righteous in power ko, Boko Haram in nasarawa ni

MiloRambaldi:

How will Buhari reduce corruption? Has he ever mentioned how? Corruption is largely caused by the useless Police and the even more useless Judiciary. Has Buhari ever said anything to show he'll do anything about these institutions? The only real fix PHCN needs is privatization and FG is almost there. The only lasting fix for NNPC is also privatization. But Buhari is among those opposed to subsidy removal, which is required to open way for privatizing the Downstream sector. The North holds the nation's oil and gas industry hostage by opposing the PIB. The only way to really fix things is to fix the institutions. Nothing about Buhari shows he knows this. Better someone else, not this old bigot.

Do you know who an imbe. is? Your questions sounded like those coming from an imbe.

dougivilla: you just went round in circles and ended up saying nothing. Be objective, if this same answer was given to you in a reverse situation involving d pdp would you have accepted it as good enough? Have you also ever heard of nassarawa in good light? Just mention a few achievements, if any and spare us these your empty rhethorical gymnastics. Righteous in power ko, Boko Haram in nasarawa ni

Light and darkness have never had anything in common and will never have. Certainly not now. It is either you join the dogged, fearless and result-oriented bandwagon on its glorious match to greatness or you choose to remain on the side of negativity(GEJ's PDP) and revolution overtime will consume you all

I will definatly vote for him any time any day. i no mind wetin all dis igbo people dey talk.

Vision2017:

Light and darkness have never had anything in common and will never have. Certainly not now. It is either you join the dogged, fearless and result-oriented bandwagon on its glorious match to greatness or you choose to remain on the side of negativity(GEJ's PDP) and revolution overtime will consume you all

Bros, try and make sense by attempting to answer the simple question first. The number of words you have so far put together to say all these ur plenty nothings would have been more dan enough to do that. It at least means you understand english well. Now, Put differently just in case the other question was too long or complex, What are the achievements of the current nasarawa led cpc government now to deserve voting for them at central level in 2015. Nothing is also an answer you know? Its 22 pages for heaven's sake! Mind you, All these ur revolution talk, synonymous with ur oga @ d tops: dog and baboon threats have answere nothing!! Your time starts now!

omenka:

Just imagine the trash. So because we are in the 21st century, one shouldn't excise his right to vie for an elective position anymore? What kind of logic is that? What is Ananih still doing in politics? What is Bode george doing? What is Edwin Clerk doing? And Bamanga Tukur? Not even to mention, they are all known crooks!

Very anoyingly funny hw some pple here reason. Too basic, too shallow. Jst like the Scumbag.

All it takes is scumbags from SE to be ruled by a scumbag from SS.

dougivilla: Their underbelly has been exposed. How many people have been convicted of crimes or looting in cpc controlled Nasarawa, where Buhari the incurruptible lion king holds sway?. Before now, he was with APP, then ANPP and they had about 5 states, we need to see their report cards so we can honestly access what to expect from a buhari led central government, judged by most recent achievements. Its not as if the more than 30 years old achievements being touted can be substantiated or are wonderful. When you have majority of the kids commenting here, talking from what they read or were told by others, what do you expect? U think its only in boko haram they brinwash?

If you go by report card, then you have just indicted yourselves and co-hurts in the PDP. Where you asleep when the news of the high profile corruption orchestrated by Gov. Lucky Igbenedion, James Ibori, Orji Uzor Kalu, Alameseigha, Abdullahi Adamu but to mention a few went viral on both the print and electronic media? What can you say about their score cards? No doubt, PDP institutionalized corruption in Nigeria and I have got facts in black and white to support my claim. So my advice to you is, when next you are attempting in vain to dent the image of BUHARI, you shouldn't use present and past antecedents because it comes hitting back at you and your co-hurts who don't mean well for this great country like double edge sword.

chairman: It took some wise ppl about 50 years to destroy nigeria, and the wisest and most inteligent ppl of naira land believes that jonathan must right 50 years wrong in 2 years. I don't see why buhari should be so desparate making this a do or die affair, his desparation is saying something to inteligent ppl but of cause little minded ones will not hear it

To your dull brain, contesting an election is being desperate? Your education, if you have any, is a waste. You are still living and reason just like your fore father who worshipped amadioha and their Nzemo through out their miserable lives.

Vision2017:

If you go by report card, then you have just indicted yourselves and co-hurts in the PDP. Where you asleep when the news of the high profile corruption orchestrated by Gov. Lucky Igbenedion, James Ibori, Orji Uzor Kalu, Alameseigha, Abdullahi Adamu but to mention a few went viral on both the print and electronic media? What can you say about their score cards? No doubt, PDP institutionalized corruption in Nigeria and I have got facts in black and white to support my claim. So my advice to you is, when next you are attempting in vain to dent the image of BUHARI, you shouldn't use present and past antecedents because it comes hitting back at you and your co-hurts who don't mean well for this great country like double edge sword.

You have facts in black and white against pdp leaders across many states, but not a single jpeg or monochrome document of evidence of performance of cpc in small nasarawa? Haba!!!

Your time is still counting pls!

20pounds: I will nt vote Buhari cos it's clear dat he's nt in tune wt modern realities. GEJ is more amenable to what is trending, d world over.
Buhari has never contestd for d President of Nigeria but northern Nigeria. Uptil now, he has refused to reach out to d south east nd south south to clear their misconception about his candidacy.
He is waiting for 2015 to cry foul again.

I agree with you that Buhari not in tune with modern reality like looting, funding militants and gangsters, supporting and encouraging looters.

When Biafra becomes a country, I am sure all their leaders will have the profile of GEJ till end come.

OsunOriginal:

To your dull brain, contesting an election is being desperate? Your education, if you have any, is a waste. You are still living and reason just like your fore father who worshipped amadioha and their Nzemo through out their miserable lives.

Buhari is desperate, simple! Even Abraham Lincon was not repeating contest for the same office every four years; registering and/or jumping from party to party.

What will make a man of 'integrity' who weepingly told the word he'll never contest elections in Nigeria again reverse himself, if not desperation?

Emperor_007: Buhari is not the messiah to turn Nigeria around.

Is he the only credible ( best ) candidate CPC ( APC ) can present?




.

Give us another person but definitely not GEJ

dougivilla: Buhari is desperate, simple! Even Abraham Lincon was not repeating contest for the same office every four years; registering and/or jumping from party to party.

What will make a man of 'integrity' who weepingly told the word he'll never contest elections in Nigeria again reverse himself, if not desperation?

You are too dull to engage in a debate... So, Buhari should contest for another office because Abraham Lincoln didnt contest for the same office each time he contested? But Ambraham Lincoln was contesting for the next higher office. Which other higher office would Buhari have contested for? Or are you suggesting he should contest for governorship or any other lower office since he didnt win presidency?

Why are these guys from SE this dull?

Sunny_bobo:

Amen my brother. Very few people here know that Buhari was at a time governor of North Eastern state of Nigeria (now divided into Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Adamawa, Gombe and Taraba states) with Maiduguri ad the state capital. That region is the hotbed and headquarters of Boko haram today due to the millions of Almajiris and illiterates prevalent there. If Buhari had invested in western education while he was governor of the state, those youths would have been somewhere in life today instead of strapping bombs on themselves and blowing people up.

So much for a visionary leader.

More power to your elbow! Truly, you know your history wella too many 'crying babies' on Nairaland trust me if Buhari should gatecrashed into power, I can bet what happened in Libya 2 years ago will be child's play buhari is a sadist of the deepest dye