obailala:
Fuel marketers/importers were being owed their subsidy entitlements by the FG for 9 months (since August 2014), they suspended importation, FFK the head of GEJ's campaign team at the time blamed APC for the importers stopping their importation, and here we are, someone thinks that talk by FFK was sensible?.. And you think your line of reasoning isn't 'spurious and illogical'?

Progressive01:
Okay, president Buhari "has no idea what to do", agreed. Now, my question is: kindly suggest one thing he could do to pull us out of the doldrums.

Recession of this nature where your reserve has been drastically depleted and your major forex earner has lost over 50%
of its value is most difficult to surmount.

If you wanna diversify, where do you get the money to do so (remember you need forex to import the equipment for this since they aren't produced locally)?? You wanna export more of your nearly useless forex earner so you can start taking steps towards diversification and some criminals literally make that impossible.

I'm glad you admitted Jonathan wasn't an option no matter what.

Progressive01:
Okay, president Buhari "has no idea what to do", agreed. Now, my question is: kindly suggest one thing he could do to pull us out of the doldrums.

Recession of this nature where your reserve has been drastically depleted and your major forex earner has lost over 50%
of its value is most difficult to surmount.

If you wanna diversify, where do you get the money to do so (remember you need forex to import the equipment for this since they aren't produced locally)?? You wanna export more of your nearly useless forex earner so you can start taking steps towards diversification and some criminals literally make that impossible.

I'm glad you admitted Jonathan wasn't an option no matter what.

MadCow1:



Forgive me but I feel like you didnt even know why you voted against Jonathan..

Lets address your issues one after the other;

1. Insecurity: This government has recorded laudable strides in security. People seem to quickly have forgotten when bombings like the Madalla Buspark, the Kano Central Mosque Bombing, the Nyanya Bus park Bombings, the Emab Plaza Bombing, the Independence day Bombings, the Mubi Polytechnic Massacre, the Adamawa state College of Agriculture killings and the likes were a normal occurrence in Nigeria.. Not to sound insensitive but the Fulani Herdsmen issue pales greatly in comparison. Short spam memories and Attention deficit disorder?... How easy it is to forget that the elections of last year was put off by a couple of weeks due to fears that the Terrorists would strike during the elections..

People even forget that Louis Edet Building (NIGERIAN POLICE HEAD QUARTERS BUILDING) was bombed and the Inspector general of Police only escapes death by the hair of his chinny chin chin.. The Nigerian Army mechanized Division in Borno was taken over by Boko Haram at some point and they drove Nigerian army equipment out without meeting any resistance..

Notice I didn't mention any Church attacks oo!

I'm sorry but with regards to security, we are in a much better place today Nationwide and the battles we are facing now with herdsmen pales in comparison.

2. Power: Why is it that all of a sudden people are talking about power as if we are Ghana that went from 24hours a day availability to Power to struggling for 6 hours a day light? THIS IS NIGERIA.. We have never had an ideal power situation. It was President Olusegun Obasanjo that started the power Road map barely 16 years ago and its just a few years back that PHCN was unbundled. IPP's projects have sprang up nationwide, many still uncompleted.. But above all, the increased attacks by Militants on Oil and Gas installations have been the primary reason for the drop in Power.

These Militants that seemed to have calmed down under the Government of Goodluck Jonathan have all of a sudden returned and acting like it was this government that failed them.

Power has always been bad.. Atleast this Government through Fashola seems to be consolidating on the strides made by previous governments.. Power generation is a journey that we are still on and far behind.

3. The Economy.. Its easy to jump down the throat of this government and blame them for the situation we are in today, but please know that we didnt just arrive here, this is also a journey.

We went from a period where oil sold at 120USD/barrel with maximum output to a period were Oil is selling for 45USD/Barrel with minimal output due to Militancy. For me, this is very key to our problems.

Like even Okonjo Iweala herself said, in the time of plenty, we didn't save but rather wasted and looted. NNPC was misplacing and misappropriating Billions, the entire Government was looting by any means possible, Subsidy scams were being perpertuated, No local refineries were built, Infrastructures were left to rot with lip service being paid to its repairs, e.t.c... The Government of Obasanjo before it left office negotiated Nigeria's debt forgiveness, paid off our debt and started a savings account called Excess Crude Account to save the excesses we were making from Oil to serve as backing for the Naira.. Late President Yaradua came and continued in the path of Obasanjo and were coasting along.. Please remind me how much Jonathan met in the federation account and excess crude account and how much he left behind also tell me Nigeria's debt profile when Jonathan took office and when he left office.. I will wait..


Nigeria lost soooo much to the financial recklessness of the previous administration. My previous job was a new oil field that had a build budget of over 10 billion Dollars.. Today its shut down or rather suspended because the project was based on an estimated oil price of 65USD/barrel.

If you forget where you are coming from, you will never appreciate where you are now and where you are going..


4. Forex... yup, this one is the clear litmus test for the average Nigerian to judge the state of the economy.. Shiit is definitely not looking good.. USD, UK Pounds, European Euros and Chinese Yuan are not our legal tender here in Nigeria, trade to earn it. I remember the PDP touting the Agricultural strides made by the Jonathan administration... Please tell me what produce we are exporting that is bringing us the required FX we need? Don't tell me about the Anambra State 5 Million Dollar Ugu and bitter leaf.


Corruption.. How can you say corruption is worse under this government? Are you sure you live in Nigeria? Seriously?!! Tell me how it is worse now..


See Bros, lemme leave long story for story tellers.. The Nation is damaged. I am losing faith in the President myself but not for the things you stated. I feel like he is overwhelmed by the things he is seeing on ground. I am afraid he underestimated the level of work required to start the Nigerian Engine up talkless of getting the Nation moving. Not a single sector is working or near where it should be. The work is plenty and the interests that need to be overcome are strong.

I have told myself that we gave him 4 years... I will patiently wait for the 4 years to elapse and then judge him.


God Bless my President Muhammadu Buhari..

God Bless my Country Nigeria.

bakynes:

My brother am tired of this IPOB/ SS/SE tribalist. For God sake you people are the same people cheering the militants to keep blowing Pipelines and you turn around to blame the President for the bad state of the Economy. With Oil price low, Vandalization of pipelines, low production output, no foreign reserves how do you expect the Country to be like? Eldorado. As if they dont know oil is our mainstay. The only area i fault the president is the poor handling of the Fulani Herdsmen, the statement he made about working for the people that voted him more.

People who say they regret votinf him are just plain stupid what do you want the man to do with Low Oil price and Vandalization of Pipelines.

daretodiffer:
Why are you making common sense?

madapcmod:


Neither was d former minister of power and GEJ the ones u lots accused of incompetence even they were complaining of sabotage. APC advised he police the pipelines, i wonder y samr apc is giving excuses now.

Do d damn work and stop complaining.

joseph1832:
If that alternative have you writing epistles for him, then I'll say it's a no goer because history here have told us whoever you support always end up doing nothing.

blueto:
more lies, can you substantiate such tentative assertion? the fact is, Importers were lobbied to halt importation by APC, and destroyed some major pipelines. Stop focusing on who is talking, rather than what is being said.

Nigeria hit by fuel shortage as marketers cut imports over unpaid subsidies
Lagos (Platts)--2 Mar 2015 519 am EST/1019 GMT

A fresh round of gasoline shortages has hit Nigeria as fuel importers drastically cut imports following the government's delay in settle over Naira 264 billion ($1.41 billion) on debts owed on subsidies for previous imports....

http://www.platts.com/latest-news/oil/lagos/nigeria-hit-by-fuel-shortage-as-marketers-cut-26027400

Progressive01:
Okay, president Buhari "has no idea what to do", agreed. Now, my question is: kindly suggest one thing he could do to pull us out of the doldrums.

Recession of this nature where your reserve has been drastically depleted and your major forex earner has lost over 50%
of its value is most difficult to surmount.

If you wanna diversify, where do you get the money to do so (remember you need forex to import the equipment for this since they aren't produced locally)?? You wanna export more of your nearly useless forex earner so you can start taking steps towards diversification and some criminals literally make that impossible.

I'm glad you admitted Jonathan wasn't an option no matter what.

TonyeBarcanista:
@OP I recall how passionate you were for Buhari, it is so sad that his policies and style are disappointing.

I'm also glad that you admitted that PDP is nor an option (the party must rest in peace)...

Be assured that a viable alternative is cooking and shall be unveiled in 2019...

Progressive01:
Okay, president Buhari "has no idea what to do", agreed. Now, my question is: kindly suggest one thing he could do to pull us out of the doldrums.

Recession of this nature where your reserve has been drastically depleted and your major forex earner has lost over 50%
of its value is most difficult to surmount.

If you wanna diversify, where do you get the money to do so (remember you need forex to import the equipment for this since they aren't produced locally)?? You wanna export more of your nearly useless forex earner so you can start taking steps towards diversification and some criminals literally make that impossible.

I'm glad you admitted Jonathan wasn't an option no matter what.

kings09:
@ur first paragraph, it is not OP's job to suggest solutions. Buhari/APC was voted in cos they said they had d solutions. But if u insist d OP shld suggest any solution then u jst affirmed to the Op's argument dat truly Buhari has nothing to offer except an empty brain. Progressive01, pls how much r they payin u for dis job cos ur fellow zombies hungerbad, keneking, madridguy, beremx, modath seem to have changed their voice as a result of lack of pay or probably it's peanuts

yomz1e:
You are so dim-witted with that statement. when you plant coconut , does it start sprouting coconut under 1 year. since you were born , have you ever had constant light? sometimes i read the comments here then look at some of the profile pictures or handle and realize how the internet has made some stupid people managed to be on social media

Sanchez01:
Just last year, I joined the many Nigerians who actually thought a dogged fourth time contestants woild be the best thing to happen should Jonathan be kicked. A year after, I have lost my voice around friends and family each time a political discourse comes up, most especially about the state of the economy.

Problems bothering on insecurity, power, state of the economy and corruption have all grown worse than it was under Goodluck Jonathan. Not like Jonathan would have been able to redeem the nation a second time though, and I would have still clearly voted against him if I had caught a glimpse of the anomalies ongoing before hand, but this time, I would have just given my vote to Kowa or Hope.

Without mincing words, Nigeria is presently on autopilot; President Buhari clearly has no idea on what should be done. The BBOG Buhari used as a tool during his campaign have been forgotten, more than ever Fulani herdsmen have been armed and fortified as they impact roads and streets with cow dung and horrible flies. The budget padding saga is still an issue to watch while daily corruption charges hover around the president and his minions.

Who is going to solve Nigeria problem ?


Just a handful of the many APC faithfuls who are fast realizing that the Change we have is in reverse, it is worthy of note to clearly state that I have lost faith in the Buhari-led administration.

I sincerely hope Kowa would come out stronger with young, vibrant, intelligent and dynamic candidates in 2019.

Emyogalanya:
Pls what has Pete obi in common with looters educate me pls, if he has any corruption allegation over his head. Sullivan? Am not talking about looters am talking about a man who managed anambra state well read my post again for more comprehension. What am saying is that pdp still have him as a material and we should not throw either apc or pdp away cos they have other Good presidential materials apart from buhari and gej is that too hard for ur comprehension?

blueto:
more lies, can you substantiate such tentative assertion? the fact is, Importers were lobbied to halt importation by APC, and destroyed some major pipelines. Stop focusing on who is talking, rather than what is being said.

Rilwayne001:
I lost faith since..

I really regret voting this man.

MrHenshaw:
I have said it over and over again, abroad is not better.People on ground can tell better.With d advantage of dollar,euro and pounds rise,y are d people over there not building etc.We have insensitive leaders but do we still need to be insensitive to yourself ?Time is passing and age is going!Advice yourself early ooo,don't say i didn't tell u.Thank me later.

madridguy:
Change voice as in how? I will stand with Buhari till final whistle.

kings09:
Indeed. The hunger wey de wire u wey no gree u type complete na frm Jonathan

PaulIdu:



You guys still don't get it nobody has lost faith in Buhari because the economy is bad we have lost faith because we have seen he lacks the wisdom and vision to lead any nation .. See an example below from my previous post


I stopped supporting Buhari not because the economy is bad or slow ..I did because I found out he lacks wisdom and vision required to steer any economy either one in boom or in a recession .. okay let me me give you an example if you are President of a Country that depends on oil from most of its revenue and Oil prices drop at a time when you haven't diversified the economy ..What would a wise president do ? 

Ans: A wise president will know that to meet up the revenue deficit from low oil price you will have to improve out put and try expand your agreed quota by any means. (Just yesterday Saudi Arabia hit is record out of 10,650,000 million barrels a day like any wise leader would)

What will a visionless president do?

Answer : He will tense up the fragile peace in the Niger delta by first revoking a proposed university of Niger delta, he would order the EFCC to start investigating ex militants for corruption, he would then order the EFCC to declare Tompolo wanted and infact give him a deadline to turn himself in (who does that) without remembering that till recently Tompolo was in charge of pipelines surveillance for year so had good upstanding of how they work.

Another instance is in a country that has an employment and productivity deficit and depend on small 4 stroke Petrol Generators to drive most of the small businesses because of poor power supply ..what does Buhari do ? He orders the minister of power to increase the electricity tarrif by 50 percent and then goes ahead to increase petrol price by almost double . A wise president would increase petrol and maintain the electricity tariff as it is till the economy improves because increase both at the same time will increase the cost production by over 100 percent thereby driving a rapid inflation..

Bro I can go on and on ..Buhari lacks good decision making abilities infact if you give him the Swedish economy today he will destroy it in a year.

madridguy:
I can still afford to dash you a bucket of Garri and full pack of pepperish Kuli-Kuli.

Send me your contact address if you care for it.

Isoni:


And my questions are:

(1) where are the billions recovered from looters?
(2) where are the billion generated from stamp duties daily?
(3) where are the trillions generated from TSA?
(4) FIRS, Nigeria Customs and other agencies are generating trillions on the pages of newspapers.

Are they no countries faring well without oil?
The rhetorics of government of the past not saving and the fall in the price of crude oil is now stale.

Does it mean that without oil Nigeria will cease to exist?

I pay PAYEE tax of more than N60,000 annually, but what has government been giving me in return. No medical care, high cost of living, no light, dilapidated roads to name a few.

Everytime discuss like this comes up, Apologist of the Government will ask what have you been doing to improve the economy?

As a tax payer I believe I am contributing my quota to the economy, and the government on their part have an obligation of must of providing better Living conditions for me and other citizens of Nigerian.

The government is not been fair to all of us.

Progressive01:
Okay, president Buhari "has no idea what to do", agreed. Now, my question is: kindly suggest one thing he could do to pull us out of the doldrums.

Recession of this nature where your reserve has been drastically depleted and your major forex earner has lost over 50%
of its value is most difficult to surmount.

If you wanna diversify, where do you get the money to do so (remember you need forex to import the equipment for this since they aren't produced locally)?? You wanna export more of your nearly useless forex earner so you can start taking steps towards diversification and some criminals literally make that impossible.

I'm glad you admitted Jonathan wasn't an option no matter what.

Progressive01:
Okay, president Buhari "has no idea what to do", agreed. Now, my question is: kindly suggest one thing he could do to pull us out of the doldrums.

Recession of this nature where your reserve has been drastically depleted and your major forex earner has lost over 50%
of its value is most difficult to surmount.

If you wanna diversify, where do you get the money to do so (remember you need forex to import the equipment for this since they aren't produced locally)?? You wanna export more of your nearly useless forex earner so you can start taking steps towards diversification and some criminals literally make that impossible.

I'm glad you admitted Jonathan wasn't an option no matter what.

Isoni:


And my questions are:

(1) where are the billions recovered from looters?
(2) where are the billion generated from stamp duties daily?
(3) where are the trillions generated from TSA?
(4) FIRS, Nigeria Customs and other agencies are generating trillions on the pages of newspapers.

Are they no countries faring well without oil?
The rhetorics of government of the past not saving and the fall in the price of crude oil is now stale.

Does it mean that without oil Nigeria will cease to exist?

I pay PAYEE tax of more than N60,000 annually, but what has government been giving me in return. No medical care, high cost of living, no light, dilapidated roads to name a few.

Everytime discuss like this comes up, Apologist of the Government will ask what have you been doing to improve the economy?

As a tax payer I believe I am contributing my quota to the economy, and the government on their part have an obligation of must of providing better Living conditions for me and other citizens of Nigerian.

The government is not been fair to all of us.