My fellow nairalanders honestly after going through this I started having a second thought .....sentiment and other factors aside, compare and contrast, I dant think we ever had a government that has been as transparent as his.....corruption has been on the increase....nepotism....official theft..... Indiscipline..... Looting. all these are being perpetuated and the culprits go free or probably given presidential pardon hmmmm my people make we think twice ooo....



The Buhari administration identified indiscipline as the bane of the nation's ills and therefore decided to fight it in all its ramifications. Hence the pre-occupation of the regime was the launching of the different phases of the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) which has become a household word in may Nigerian homes. There were five phases of WAI, namely :-

a. Queuing (March 20, 1984)

b. Work Ethics (May 1, 1984)

c. Nationalism and Patriotism (August 21, 1984)

d. Anti-Corruption and Economic Sabotage (May 14, 1985)

e. Environmental Sanitation (July 29, 1985).



Other highlights of the regime include :-

1. The suspension of the 1979 Constitution in January 1984.

2. The dissolution of political parties and ban on political activities in January 1984.

3. The freezing of accounts of political parties and corrupt ex-political office holders in the Second Republic in 1984.

4. The trimming down of the country's Civil service labour force in 1984.

5. The change of colour of the nation's currency notes (except the fifty kobo note) in April 1984 to stop currency trafficking. The exercise rendered almost half of the estimated N6 billion in circulation worthless at the expiration of the change.

6. The deportation of illegal aliens on the 14th of April, 1984 and 9th of August, 1985 respectively.

7. The clamp down on economic saboteurs with the legal backing of the Miscellaneous Offences Decree No. 20 of 1984.

8. The launching of the Expanded Immunization Programme (EPI) in May, 1984.

9. The initiation of counter trade in Petroleum products in May, 1984.

10. The wrestling of a major concession from OPEC in 1984 to increase Nigeria's oil production quota from 1.3 million barrels to 1.45 million barrels per day.

11. The adoption of stricter austerity measures in 1984 and 1985 to further revamp the economy which include:

i. The closure of the Nigerian borders in January 1984 to stem smuggling.

ii. The setting up of taskforce to check bunkering as a result of expert's estimation of a loss of one million Naira a day under the civilian government.

iii. The slashing of the basic travelling allowance (BTA) from N 500 to N 100 per annum in 1984.

iv. The introduction of N 100 airport special levy for travellers going outside Africa.

v. The reduction of the home remittance for foreigners to 25 per cent in 1984.

vi. The abolition of the Approved Users Scheme, the General Concessionary Rates of Duty and the Compulsory Advance Deposit Scheme.

vii. The introduction of a new Customs Tariff, which reduced the range of import duties from between zero and 500 per cent to between 5 per cent and 200 per cent.

viii. The granting of import duty exemption to only twenty items including agricultural implements, air craft, fuels, lubricants, educational films, technical assistance materials etc.

ix The introduction of the Advanced Import Duty Payment Scheme.

x. The imposition of a levy on dormant companies.

xi. The promulgation of the Finance Decrees to amend the Income Tax Act of 1969.

xii. The halving of civil servants' leave entitlement in January, 1985.

12. The trial and conviction of ex-politicians who illegally enriched themselves or their political parties.

13 In 1984, Nigeria's recognition of the Sahara Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on November 11, 1984.

14. The encouragement of substitution of imported raw materials with local raw materials to boost the growth of industries.

15. The encouragement of self sufficiency in agricultural food production.

16. The promulgation of a series of decrees aimed at revamping the economy and inculcating discipline. The most controversial being the Public Officers (Protection Against False Accusation) Decree No 4 and the Miscellaneous Offences Decree No. 20 of 1984.

17. The rescheduling of the nations's short term trade debts valued at over =N=5 billion and the subsequent issuance of promissory notes to the uninsured creditors.

18. The procurement of new Air Buses by Nigeria Airways in 1985 to boost air transportation.

19. The victory of Nigeria's Under-17 Team (the Golden Eagles) at the Kodak World Cup Soccer Competition in China in August, 1985.

@op Thanks for this information, very helpful.

APC! Change Jonathan!

But it was babangida who received the world golden eaglets in 1985 not Buhari.. I was there personally in the heavy rain to witness the occasion at the airport upon arrival of the golden eagles. We were all soaked in rain including babangida.

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GMB forever worth and deserve my vote! Change is what we want... Build a new foundation for our future generation GMB.
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TANoids and saTANs in the house, how market nah?

Instead of rewarding Jonathan for looting, we owe Nigeria the duty to elect a competent hand to develop Nigeria and save it from the corruption Jonathan is presiding over.

Most supporters of buhari are young, paid thugs. They don't know anything about him (buhari) and they don't want to know because there morals and concience have been bought..it's a shame.

Remembering buhari days as a child, where people were flugged on the main road. People can't even criticize the government without facing a firing squad..ask fela.

Only in nigeria do youths support a dictator..cold blooded dictator

Sai Bihari!!!

All hail Buhari the righteous man voted against by SW during OBJ vs GMB 2003


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liberty300:
Most supporters of buhari are young, paid thugs. They don't know anything about him (buhari) and they don't want to know because there morals and concience have been bought..it's a shame.

Remembering buhari days as a child, where people were flugged on the main road. People can't even criticize the government without facing a firing squad..ask fela.

Only in nigeria do youths support a dictator..cold blooded dictator

my friend speak for yourself. who is paying people to support Buhari? I have been supporting Buhari since 2002 even when its very difficult finding people of like minds and since then I have seen lots of people joining the movement in droves without any sort of financial reward but instead you spend your money and time in propagating Buharism.

this same buhari placed embargo on employment.

GMB kills, steals and destroys.

Join the progressives Youth for change (YFC)
C00255169 Change.. where 600 is not greater than 609

what of his other job, which is jailing people from the south?

tit:
GMB kills, steals and destroys.

who are u

liberty300:
Most supporters of buhari are young, paid thugs. They don't know anything about him (buhari) and they don't want to know because there morals and concience have been bought..it's a shame.

Remembering buhari days as a child, where people were flugged on the main road. People can't even criticize the government without facing a firing squad..ask fela.

Only in nigeria do youths support a dictator..cold blooded dictator

God go reward you for the truth you said there, may you live long and prosper.
This boy say my mind gbam.

liberty300:
Most supporters of buhari are young, paid thugs. They don't know anything about him (buhari) and they don't want to know because there morals and concience have been bought..it's a shame.

Remembering buhari days as a child, where people were flugged on the main road. People can't even criticize the government without facing a firing squad..ask fela.

Only in nigeria do youths support a dictator..cold blooded dictator

@the bold, I've asked Fela, and he affirmed he wasn't killed by firing squad. In fact he's sure he didn't die until august 1997, 12 years after IBB overthrew Buhari.

who else should we ask to know if you're telling the truth or not? who should they have supported? a thief and patron of criminals and fraudsters?

Liar