Nature8:
As far as I'm concern, these two great men can make Nigeria great if given a chance.. Either GEJ as President and Mr Peter Obi as Vice President or Mr Peter Obi as President and GEJ as Vice President.. Let Nigerians give these two great men chance and see how great Nigeria will be.. I don't need to give anybody a reason, just give them a little chance together and see a great Nigeria..

and suppose u are from the north, would u support this

ehie:
he hasn't managed the power sector how will he manage nigeria

Your comment is a bit illogical. Are you actually saying that the power sector that has been comatose for decades can be returned back to its glory in 12 months?! If all the power companies in the world relocate to Nigeria, they will still not be able to make a miracle happen in 4 years. These things take time to set up the infrastructure, it's not just a question of throwing money at it. You remember how Obasanjo threw billions of dollars at it during his tenure, we still didn't get stable power.

Don't forget that there is also a corrupt structure in place that benefits from our lack of power.

Its the turn of the east, Peter Obi.

Chiwude:
Rochas Okorocha for President and Nuhu Ribadu as Vice.
Rochas to implement socialist policies and Ribadu for financial accountability/project monitoring.

Yes Rocha's, This man has all it takes to be a president but tribalism and hatred.

Nature8:
As far as I'm concern, these two great men can make Nigeria great if given a chance.. Either GEJ as President and Mr Peter Obi as Vice President or Mr Peter Obi as President and GEJ as Vice President.. Let Nigerians give these two great men chance and see how great Nigeria will be.. I don't need to give anybody a reason, just give them a little chance together and see a great Nigeria..

Lol. Chineke God. Nothing we no go see

nnokwa042:
uk re suffering ? Pls spare me all this crap

Its not a generic yes/no.....To put it in perspective, if you have visited the UK in 2016, compare and contrast that trip to a trip you made 10 years ago.

UK is definitely out of recession, but jobs are scarce, rent has been rising in horrible dimensions....landlords may be smiling but tenants are sweating it out.

It is not for nothing that Brexit voters won.

tomakint:

Fashola is a bloody scammer and a typical Nigerian politician who promises much but only delivers little. He is too full of excuses and hardly have focus but pretends to be working. Fashola is a rabble rouser who prefers to go about delivering "empty inaugural lectures" up and down when he knows he is just lying. Only a man with discerning spirit can detect who really Fashola is. Pastor Tunde Bakare would have been a better choice. He is always in charge. As for me, scrap this bi-cameral system of government and if possible scrap this bloody and wasteful Presidential System of Democracy we are practising and watch Nigeria flourish.

Bro, you de vex oh

firstly, I'm an igbo man before I can be called a nigerian.
The East-west road was there,obj never did anytin. Within months, Gej did wonders on that road.

Did I hear you say obj built gas power stations,pls name them(that is not to say you are wrong,but just educate us),i hope you are not referring to the failed nipp scandal which was swept under the rug.

For you to mention tyranny as one of the positives of an ex president, only goes to show the kind of a mind the black man possesses that has refused him advancing.

Increase in salary to how much? 18k. I guess. Do you have a clue what the take home pay of your messiah obj was?

I guess Gej has mansions like minna hilltop and ota hilltop valley going by the level of corruption he perpetrated?

Best foreign policy? What was his foreign policy about. Ask yourself this,has there been a time when nigeria had a congent foreign policy? The way you answer this question in particular will go to show how reasonable you are.

Right people for the right job? I laugh in swahili,and pls don't mention soludo. Maybe you are right on this one,but does obj take advice....i

Good currency flow, like the 3rd term ish with the senate ba?

And you forgot to add:

The hero of Africa Democracy.

It is people like you that gives credence to a general belief which says, Africans are not capable of governing themselves.

SLIDEwaxie:
@ Ibrahim1975

without hating, bro, OBJ was the best predent we ever had. If only GEJ had built on his foundations, we wld av fared Better.


1. Clearing of debts just like he did during his military era as the president.

2. OBJ built all the gas power stations that GEJ refused to supply gases to power it's turbines. Don't get me wrong.. Him refusing is not deliberate..but while Nigeria was busy selling gas to Ghana to power their stations and stealing the money made from that, our own turbines were left to rot. The reason we had constant light during the first few months of buhari before the useless avengers started blowing up the gas pipes was because for the first time, the turbines worked!

3. Increase in salary

4. Best economic growth index

5. Largest foreign reserve

6. Tyranny ...because that's wot wld only put some idiats in check

7. Right people for the right job

8. Best foreign policy

9. Good currency flow


While he has his faults as corruption is also breathing fine so far u are his annointed, he still performed wey better than any president we ever had or have.

Buhari shld review his policies, u cannot remove everything at a time. That's why some people said he is deaf to a wanton fault!!!

He meant good but he's not doing it right..

SLIDEwaxie:
@ Ibrahim1975

without hating, bro, OBJ was the best predent we ever had. If only GEJ had built on his foundations, we wld av fared Better.


1. Clearing of debts just like he did during his military era as the president.

2. OBJ built all the gas power stations that GEJ refused to supply gases to power it's turbines. Don't get me wrong.. Him refusing is not deliberate..but while Nigeria was busy selling gas to Ghana to power their stations and stealing the money made from that, our own turbines were left to rot. The reason we had constant light during the first few months of buhari before the useless avengers started blowing up the gas pipes was because for the first time, the turbines worked!

3. Increase in salary

4. Best economic growth index

5. Largest foreign reserve

6. Tyranny ...because that's wot wld only put some idiats in check

7. Right people for the right job

8. Best foreign policy

9. Good currency flow


While he has his faults as corruption is also breathing fine so far u are his annointed, he still performed wey better than any president we ever had or have.

Buhari shld review his policies, u cannot remove everything at a time. That's why some people said he is deaf to a wanton fault!!!

He meant good but he's not doing it right..

That thing you are taking is not good for your health.

OBJ, best president? Are you on your meds?

A man that said election is "do or die" is best president. Someone that silenced opposition brutally is best president.

The only valid thing OBJ did in 8 years was to cancel the debt (with the help of NOI) and increase our foreign reserve (with the help of Soludo).

1. And those things were done in his second term. Under OBJ, naira rose from N21/$1 in 2000 to $133 in 2004. That is a 600% increase. Even Buhari would not be able to perform so badly. How old are you?

Even Abacha that stole so much only had exchange rate fall from N17.30/$1 in 1993 to $21.89/$1 in 1998.

OBJ saved so much money because he was too stupid to find anything to use it for. He siphoned as much as he could and left the rest in the treasury. What was the impact of the high reserve on the life of Nigerians? What was the rate of FDI?

2. How many gas turbines did OBJ build? OBJ spent $15b on power, and he added less than 1000MW to the national grid. What else did OBJ do? GEJ spent less than $1b because he was privatizing power and added 1000MW. Who did it better?

3. Obasanjo pegged minimum wage at 7500 from 3500 (214% increase). GEJ increased minimum wage from 7500 to 18000 (240% increase). And GEJ did it better because after OBJ increased his rate, the purchasing power of the naira fell by over 600% during his tenure (1999 to 2007). GEJ increased his rate, and the purchasing power fell by only 12% (in 2011, highest rate was N165/$1, in 2015 highest official rate was N199/$1).

So, Obasanjo gave workers a trojan horse, GEJ gave workers an increase of true value. Why did Obasanjo not increase the rate after he knew that purchasing power of the naira had fallen?

4. Both OBJ and GEJ performed brilliantly in economic growth index. Unfortunately, while the economy was growing under OBJ, other indicators such as inflation rate were rising. Under GEJ, while the economy was growing, our inflation rate actually reduced. Who did it better then?

5. It's a clear win for OBJ in the foreign reserve. However, the question to ask is did the foreign reserve reflect on the economy? GEJ built 9 new federal universities, OBJ used Nigeria's money to build 1 new private university for himself. His vice, Atiku did the same thing. GEJ revamped the railway sector. OBJ left it neglected. GEJ revamped Agriculture by part-funding rice mills, fertilizer plants, OBJ was content with allowing us to continue importing food. GEJ added more kilometers of motorable roads and more length of power lines than OBJ. OBJ was busy fighting political opponents and doing owambe.

6. Did Tyranny make OBJ less corrupt than GEJ. If GEJ's government was as corrupt as OBJ's government, GEJ wouldn't have instituted the IPPPS and BVN that made it possible for ghost workers to be reduced. OBJ let ghost workers thrive. OBJ instituted EFCC and ICPC and used them as his lap dogs to fight political opponents.

7. GEJ had better appointments than OBJ. NOI is the common denominator. And Sanusi rivals the brilliance of Soludo. Should we talk about Adesina, or the minister of health that made Nigeria record less Ebola deaths than all other West African nations, or our minister of trade and investment.

8. What do you mean by best foreign policy? OBJ is a stooge of the West. He is a boy-boy to Washington. GEJ told Washington to shut it when we turned to Russia for arms to win the War against BH. He told Brussels to eat their a$$ when the EU-ECOWAS deal fell through. He sent a planes to evacuate 4000 Nigerians from Libya when the West starting bombing Libya to the smithereens. What about the Yellow Fever diplomatic saga with South Africa.

9. About currency flow, I will refer you to the first entry.

Don't talk sh*t. From 1999, Nigeria started having good presidents that were getting better with each new election. OBJ was better than all civilian presidents and military rulers before him. Yar'Adua would have been better than OBJ had he done his 8 years.

Only his 2 years in government and we were able to weather off the storm of the global economic crisis and oil price crash without significant hit to the economy. If OBJ or Buhari was in charge then, it would have been a disaster. GEJ took over and started charting a course of opening up and liberalizing the economy. It was a continuum and Nigeria was the gem of Africa. 3rd fastest growing economy in the world, #1 investment destination in Africa, largest economy in Africa, and 22nd largest economy in the world.

Until educated illiterates like yourself thought it best to reset all our gains and take us back to 1984.

GEJ was better than Yar'Adua and Yar'Adua was better than OBJ (going by the first two years of their tenures).

Nigeria wanted magic, and magic we now have.

We do not want to accept faults, and look at the progress we've made. 1999 to 2015 has been the best 16 years in Nigeria's history. Rather than see how we can consolidate the progress, we thought it best to throw everything away.

OBJ picked our economy and polity from the dirt. Yar'Adua gave us hope with his respect for rule of law. GEJ opened the economy up to the outside world, liberalized the polity with FOI bill, BVN, IPPPS; and enriched our democracy with the truly independent INEC and canceling out the do-or-die affair.

Every married person can attest that their partners are not angels. They have their faults that need changing and corrections. But what makes the relationship worthwhile are the plus points of the partners and the gains they bring.

Nigerians failed to grasp the positives, we only fixated on the negatives. Unreasonable people like you even called for tyranny, an anti-thesis to modern-day governance.

Well, here you have it. APC will destroy all we have gained in only 4 years. After that, they will continue because I'm yet to see the people that would be able to remove Buhari in 2019 or the INEC that would conduct conclusive, free-and-fair presidential elections.

-Lord

GEJ if you ask me cos he is sincere,has listening ear and detribalistic

Bari22:
Senator Rabi'u Musa Kwankawaso

no nono....I would prefer el-rifai. If at all he could be trusted with no islamic agenda. Bt I like him all the same.

RABIU MUSA KWANKWASO FROM THE NORTH AND BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA FROM THE SOUTH.

Sack the current economic management team and fire the CBN governor.

You can leave the rest for a single term.

Eluala:


Considering your communication skills in English Language, my doubts just got cleared as to what your decision making skills would be. It is ok for a man without certificate to manage a complex entity like Nigeria. Make una no go school. Dey there dey find government office.

. Considering ur capacity as human being, how on earth do u expect something whoes total psychology and orientation was trained to be in the Zoo and manage Animals and take proper care of PMB farm, bufoonically turned around and came out from the forest with his fake Phd without any substance and trace to rule over 170m human beings? Are we the same with him?

Stelvin101:
Everyone keeps on complaining about President Buhari not doing well as expected. 2019 is fast approaching. There are two major political parties in Nigeria right now. APC and PDP. Name one prominent politician you have in mind you think is deem fit to rule this great nation and stir her towards greatness?

Let's all carry out this survey. As for me I don't even know one for now. The last presidential election I had to make a decision voted for President Buhari because I was caught inbetween Crocodile's grip (GEJ) and deep blue sea (PMB). So many Nigerians are similar victim just like me. NIGERIA IS NOT TIED TO APC AND PDP. LET'S THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX FOR ONCE

I would have thought PMB is the only solution, but given the turn out of events this days i cannot be sure of his ability to effect significant positive changes. Now back to the matter, name 1 politician you know is capable of ruling Nigeria?
i. I do not know any of them, i cannot trust any of them,
ii. I am yet to find anyone of them who has formulated a workable policy, talkless of being able to implement them.
iii. NOe of our politicians seems to understand the context of the failure of the Nigerian state, by saying this i do not mean, our politicians are know not our problems, they do, in fact, we all know the problems of Nigeria. But no one seems to get a grasp of the crust of the problem, it will take you so many years to understand this, even then you will have to work your way through the ranks of government. You need to understand the problem of Nigeria from the stand point of a law maker(senator and a representative). then you work your way through the ranks of the executive. The issue some of us don't understand is that, the kind of president Nigeria needs is very much different form what USA needs. So anyone that will succesfully rule Nigeria must have assumed different vital positions in government for at least 16 years, otherwise you have a very slim chance of ruling Nigeria succesfully, even if you have good intentions.A rigorous blueprint required to actualize significant progress in governance will come from your experience working within the ranks of different organs of government.The fact that you have spent over 16 years as a senator at one time and an executive(governor, minister e.t.c) does not mean you will be able to stir the Nigerian ark back on track, it only means you should be able to put together all the pieces to form a workable blueprint. meanwhile you will also have to hope you survive your sojourn through the thick forest of problems.

Atiku Abubakar... articulate, charismatic and very successful at all he is done, so far.

Ben murray bruce, because
1. he is a businessman so he will restructure this great country businesswise to the world
2. he is selfless and compassionate, kind and effective

Nature8:
As far as I'm concern, these two great men can make Nigeria great if given a chance.. Either GEJ as President and Mr Peter Obi as Vice President or Mr Peter Obi as President and GEJ as Vice President.. Let Nigerians give these two great men chance and see how great Nigeria will be.. I don't need to give anybody a reason, just give them a little chance together and see a great Nigeria..

How long will we do 'trial and error'? For me, i gor nobori in mind. Just Jesus lo lese...

Dikechigozie:
GEJ if you ask me cos he is sincere,has listening ear and detribalistic

but GeJ too mumu. The guy dey try im best, but he associated himself with thieves and rogues. The annoying part was that he was not aware of all the stealing going on around him.lol

Nature8:
As far as I'm concern, these two great men can make Nigeria great if given a chance.. Either GEJ as President and Mr Peter Obi as Vice President or Mr Peter Obi as President and GEJ as Vice President.. Let Nigerians give these two great men chance and see how great Nigeria will be.. I don't need to give anybody a reason, just give them a little chance together and see a great Nigeria..

what After 6yrs in offc u still got enough tolerance in u to accommodate GEJ despite his failure! And am sure u want Buhari to resign after one year of failure.

innolala:
So after giving ur so call GEJ chance wat did he do? He threw shit on our faces wit allowing corruption to sink into dis country. During he tym we had d highest corrupted politicians stealing like never b4. Nd hw u stand boldly nd say we should give him a chance. Hmmmm I fear u oh. As for me NOBODY frm dem all. Reasons dey all suck nd dey r hypocrite.

So you honestly believed that GEJ's government was more corrupt than Military governments and OBJ's tenure?

Is it because you have Internet or because he signed the FOI bill? Or are you just playing to the gallery.

I don't understand you people at all.

Corruption is part and parcel of Nigeria. Even Buhari, the arguably most upright politician in Nigeria is corrupt. He people he crowded himself with are corrupt. The loot we are recovering are being relooted.

We need to change the system of governance in Nigeria, if not, corruption is going no where. Until then, we need to look intently at what candidates can do for the economy and which of them would liberalize the polity. Today, the Nigerian populace hold more power than under previous governments because the polity was liberalized hugely by GEJ using the FOI bill and not cracking down on opposition.

Nigerians can pressure and a kidnapped girl will be released, a blogger detained unlawfully will be released et cetera. These are the things that can change Nigeria, not a tyrant. 80+% of Africa is ruled by tyrants. Which of those countries compares to Nigeria? Buhari just attended the inauguration of the Chad's president for the 6th time. Is Chad doing way better now than it was in the 1990s when their president first entered, to justify the tyranny.

People just yap anyhow. Buhari has instructed the papers to stop reporting of BH bombings. People are dieing and no one knows, so in our mind all is well. Maybe in 2018 now, the newly inaugurated War against Indiscipline brigade would start cracking down on people who want to tell Buhari not to contest again. May be that is when it would be better. The arrest of Sidiq is just the beginning. The social media bill has passed second reading. When it is enforced. You'd understand why we do not need tyranny.

-Lord

claremont:


Your comment is a bit illogical. Are you actually saying that the power sector that has been comatose for decades can be returned back to its glory in 12 months?! If all the power companies in the world relocate to Nigeria, they will still not be able to make a miracle happen in 4 years. These things take time to set up the infrastructure, it's not just a question of throwing money at it. You remember how Obasanjo threw billions of dollars at it during his tenure, we still didn't get stable power.

Don't forget that there is also a corrupt structure in place that benefits from our lack of power.

nigeria has been comatose for 60 years yet you expect him lead it.

MetaHuman:
rand to naira has always been 23 naira even when dollars was still 150.. What exactly is your point?

The big bros doesn't know that the exchange rate market can not be understood using just mathematics.

MetaHuman:
rand to naira has always been 23 naira even when dollars was still 150.. What exactly is your point?

Lies. It was between 12 to 15 naira then. http://www.exchangerates.org.uk/ZAR-NGN-exchange-rate-history-full.html

Don't mind the educated illiterate,he just came here to show his stupidity. By my calculation,going by the nonesense he typed,322 naira goes for 1 dollar. I don't really get his point.

onnenka:
Let me ignore the hypocrisy in the rest of your post and focus on the math. Did you study math in school? If 1 dollar = 14 rand and 1 rand = 23 naira, what is 23 x 14? Check the result and tell me what you are yapping about again

Longman6:

The big bros doesn't know that the exchange rate market can not be understood using just mathematics.

don't mind him.


Exchange rate is based mainly on demand and availability.

That is the point the guy was trying to make before that one came with his dumb mathematics.

[quote author=LordAdam post=48369662]

That thing you are taking is not good for your health.

OBJ, best president? Are you on your meds?

A man that said election is "do or die" is best president. Someone that silenced opposition brutally is best president.

The only valid thing OBJ did in 8 years was to cancel the debt (with the help of NOI) and increase our foreign reserve (with the help of Soludo).

1. And those things were done in his second term. Under OBJ, naira rose from N21/$1 in 2000 to $133 in 2004. That is a 600% increase. Even Buhari would not be able to perform so badly. How old are you?

Even Abacha that stole so much only had exchange rate fall from N17.30/$1 in 1993 to $21.89/$1 in 1998.
After this grammer,pls.tell us number of projects completed and commissioned by GEJ? 2. Did GEJ constructed any university or approved the establishment of universities. Any evidence of him completing contructn of any university? What value in an uncompleted projects to the nation & humanity?

Ibrahim1975:
From all the comments above, it then means there is no alternative to PMB. PMB, carry go joor. 16yrs of distruction can not be repear in one year. If we had diversified,if we had saved, if we had developed infrastructure,if we had added 1000mgawatts yearly in 16yrs, if Ajaukuta had worked,if we had produced for our immediate needs and then export for foreign earnings,if the Niger Deltans had judiciously utilised billions of dollars given to them,if we had maintained our refinaries and build more refinaries and storages,if we had'nt used the money for Arms purchase into campaign fundings and embezzelement, if we had completed hundreds of uncompleted projects spread every where, if! if! if! nigeria would have moved forward and this govt. will just be complementing on the past effort. Too much rubbish on ground.

I swear bro i concur you nail it, They started blaming PMB for the rot the caused for good 16yrs..

Ibrahim1975:
. Is that the question? That is his personal decision. I also voted buhari because i disagree with him GEJ. "stealing is not corruption" HOW? No wonder they stole everything including what OBJ laboured for, for 8yrs.

but your redeemer buhari said abacha wasn't corrupt that he stole nothing

Chimezie250:
no body now,true federalism let every federating unit face his or her region,develop or balkanised it and face your people simple

My mind u just spoke. Have been an advocate for regional governance for a long Time now. I think its about that time.

When Fashola was Gov he once said a serious govt would turn around the power sector in 6 months. Do are u saying he was lying Cos it's a 18 month's in office and no difference

claremont:


Your comment is a bit illogical. Are you actually saying that the power sector that has been comatose for decades can be returned back to its glory in 12 months?! If all the power companies in the world relocate to Nigeria, they will still not be able to make a miracle happen in 4 years. These things take time to set up the infrastructure, it's not just a question of throwing money at it. You remember how Obasanjo threw billions of dollars at it during his tenure, we still didn't get stable power.

Don't forget that there is also a corrupt structure in place that benefits from our lack of power.

The bitter truth is that no PDP or APC politician is good or better for nigeria now!! All nigeria need is restructuring!! Then any Idiot can be at d top as d president!! Regionalism or True federalism!! I know that some of my Northern brother will never blv this!! Bt that's it!!