ABUJA— Second Republic Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, yesterday, doubted the ability and sincerity of President Muhammadu Buhari to confront the endemic problem of corruption in Nigeria and put an end to it.

Musa, who spoke in an exclusive interview withVanguardin his Kaduna home, said President Buhari had already lost the moral right to prosecute the anti-corruption war by restricting the probe of corrupt officials to those in former President Jonathan’s government.

The former governor made it clear that Buhari had shot himself in the foot by deliberately limiting the war to Jonathan’s era, thereby making some highly corrupt persons to escape and carry on as saints.

Musa noted that while Buhari and Jonathan were not on the same page when it comes to leadership, Buhari must prove that he is not being surrounded by highly corrupt persons while looking out for those to be prosecuted for graft.

Musa said it was a tragedy to have made Jonathan the president of Nigeria given the fact that he neither had the experience nor the competence to rule Nigeria. He said: “In the first place Jonathan should not have been the president of Nigeria because he lacks both the competence and the experience to run the country successfully. Nigeria is not a place to train on the job because unlike in America where there is a set standard in place, it is the leader who sets the standard in Nigeria.”

While blaming former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the emergence of Jonathan on the leadership saddle of Nigeria despite his leadership shortcomings, Musa said Buhari must prove that he has what it takes to move Nigeria a notch higher.

Musa added: “We don’t dispute the fact that Jonathan should not have been made the president of Nigeria at the time he was brought in but the point remains that Buhari must also prove that he is the saint he has portrayed himself to be.

“But my fear is that there are so many corrupt persons around Buhari and in APC and PDP while he has deliberately decided to limit his probe of corrupt persons to only those who served under Jonathan. This is very sad and a clear evidence of selective trial of opponents.”

Musa stated that for Buhari to be taken seriously in the fight against corruption, he must examine and convince himself that he is sincere and ready to conduct a fair trial of corrupt persons irrespective of their party affiliation and status in society. He pointed out that while he would not mention names of corrupt persons, he was convinced that there were many corrupt persons in both APC and PDP who are even more dangerous than former President Jonathan.

He said: “I will advise Buhari to convince himself that he is morally and politically capable to undertake the responsibility of cleaning up Nigeria. I will ask him to constitute a government of national unity involving all the political parties in Nigeria in the task of rebuilding Nigeria.”



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/08/jonathan-didnt-perform-but-buhari-must-prove-hes-a-saint-balarabe-musa/

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A Joke from Balarabe Musa why not hit the nail on the head and stop beating round the bush. You intends not to be bias but at the end you are more than bias.

On Jonathan Experience and Competency
Balarabe musa, are you also competent and experienced enough to comment on issues concerning the country. That been said Jonathan name would be among the past president of Nigeria, what can one say of Musa Bala and how did he know someone that is competent and imcompetent.

The competent one that have oversee the affair of the nation what do the masses gain, did they not drag us to the murky water we are currently languishing in.
It had be better to brush aside Jonathan because the man has move on and stop trrying to demean him.

On Buhari Sincerity
Balarabe Musa seems to be misinform about the happenings in the country, how many times has he(Baba) Voice out that he is so much interested in mowing corruption even in the face of difficulty.

Balarabe Musa should please stop Babbling concerning this issue of corrruption because for the past 2months people have decided to sit up. People resigning without been ask to do so. Has this ever happened in Nigeria.

Everybody has his/her decision to make. Jonathan has his own, it would have been good if he did try and mow corruption when he was at the helm but no the hooligans working with him gave the cankerworm a boost because they know their boss will remain tongue-tied.

Buhari Have decide not to dig deep into the past so no one should please bellyache about this.

That's interesting... The old man trying to form opposition abi. Kontinu

Realist5:
Source?

added bro.. Mornin

Better talk.


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Musa go and die!!!

Our president might be slow but surely he is STEADY and the good news here is that WE ARE GOING HIGHER eehhh WE ARE GROWING HIGHER DAY by DAY!!

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Yungwizzzy:
Musa go and die!!!

thats too much now bro.. LOL. Let him live to see the good things oozing out of this regime now

this Musa guy succeeded in criticising everybody... I guess it bcoz he's scared of this era of probe

donholy28:
Come on! what is this? we all know that Jonathan performed well

The people that work with him soiled that...

It's an insult, a crime against humanity and a great disservice to Nigerians to compare Jonathan with Buhari.

princeuj2015:
Our president might be slow but surely he is STEADY and the good news here is that WE ARE GOING HIGHER eehhh WE ARE GROWING HIGHER DAY by DAY!!

Is he Slow... !?? Well to me.. He is not

Opinions differ. I think GEJ performed. As for the experience, I think he also has it considering he's been in government for many years. Yes, he was meek, which is why many Nigerians deem him weak.

But till date, I have never seen so much federal presence in my state as I did under the GEJ administration. Makes me wish bad for my ex-governor.

Been hearing so many allegations of corruption, but so far, none has stuck to GEJ, but officials in his administration.

Rather than blame GEJ, I blame the NPF, ICPC and the EFCC for allowing such to happen. It was their job to tackle the corrupt issues of public officials. Same way I blame the NPF for the chibok kidnappings, same way Americans won't blame Obama for the Boston bombings amongst other things.


Goodluck to PMB as he aspires to steer this country forward.

#PeacefulNigeria
#UnitedNigeria

Alhaji Balarabe Musa, yesterday, doubted the ability and sincerity of President Muhammadu Buhari to confront the endemic problem of corruption in Nigeria and put an end to it.

How can Buhari fight corruption when he believed Abacha was not corrupt.

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Same Old Story....

What is Balarabe?

APC have more corrupt people than PDP... Let us see how bubu' body language will stop them from stealing

hmm

Charity begins at home... Let uncle bubu start anti corruption campaign frm his own "loyalist"

Yep

We are watching. ..

okay o

Jonathan did not perform coz he is not an artist! he lead and worked!! Buhari is doing same now!!! Goodluck vs Buhari is now likened to Davido vs Wizkid.

princeuj2015:
Our president might be slow but surely he is STEADY and the good news here is that WE ARE GOING HIGHER eehhh WE ARE GROWING HIGHER DAY by DAY!!

Is this how to go higher? =>

Boko Haram kills 160 Kukawa-Gari villagers
Aug 21 2015


Despite the denials by Nigeria’s military that Boko Haram did not attack Kukuwa-Gari village in Yobe state, the villagers insisted the attack happened, reviewing upwards also the death toll from 150 to 160.

The army had stated that the report of the attack was ‘unsubstantiated’.

But the affected villagers described how more than 150 of their relatives and neighbours drowned in a river fleeing militants who opened fire on them last week Thursday. Aanother eight were shot dead.

A local official put the death toll at a much lower 50 while Colonel Rabe Abubakar, the acting director of the military’s information department, said reports of the incident were “not true, utterly scurrilous and very misleading” in a statement entitled “Boko Haram did not kill 150 in Yobe”.

He said the military was tipped off ahead of the attack, so that troops and civilian forces were able to ambush the Boko Haram militants outside Kukuwa-Gari.

“The insurgents ran into them and a gunbattle ensued in which four Boko Haram members and one civilian (fighter) lost their lives,” he said.

The villagers’ count of the dead in Kukuwa-Gari would constitute the largest loss of life in any single Boko Haram attack since President Muhammadu Buhari swept to power on May 29, vowing to crush the insurgency.


More from: http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2015/08/boko-haram-kills-160-kukawa-gari-villagers/

Boko Haram kills 25 in Nigeria
July 25, 2015


More from: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/25/africa/nigeria-violence/

Mumu man

Ok

Before nko?

"Jonathan didn't perform"? coming from Balarabe Musa... Naija na wa o!

ok

Never heard of him