YarAdua is a bad leader and he has nothing to offer Nigerians. He spent 3years on the seat shouting 7 point Agenda without executing one point till his death.

What is Yar'Adua's legacy? He started initially on a bright note by declaring in his inaugural address that he is "A servant Leader." Despite being elected in a fraudulent ballot stuffing election on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Nigerians wanted Mr. Yar'Adua to succeed and they gave him a chance to prove himself to them. But his sluggishness, distance and detachment from the public view as a President, coupled with the lack of a coherent message about his program earned him the nickname of "Baba Go Slow" after an old, used Lagos vehicle caught up in a traffic jam. He promised a transparent and open government that would be accountable to the public.


1. Asset Declaration: Mr. Yar'Adua became the first Nigerian Head of State to declare his assets. It was commendable and one or two State governors emulated his path by declaring their own assets as well. But Nigerians are skeptical of these politicians' bogus asset declarations because they have some unspecified foreign and local accounts opened in the names of their family members, associates and offshore corporations in which they wired looted, public money. In the case of Mr. Yar'Adua, contracts had gone to companies with links to his family's vast businesses during his three-year tenure as Nigerian president and seven years as Katsina State governor. In 2006, the Nigerian anti-graft agency The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seized $13.5 million dollars on suspicion of money laundering by the wife of newly sworn President Goodluck Jonathan, then a Bayelsa State governor. There was no prosecution. While a United States Senate report has accused former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of laundering over $40 million dollars of suspicious funds into the United States between 2000 and 2008, the same Atiku Abubakar is one of those people jostling to be Nigeria's next president in 2011 and 2019.

2. Seven Point Agenda: The cornerstone of Mr. Yar'Adua's initiative to reform Nigeria and improve the well being of the people is centered around this program he called the Seven Point Agenda. No one in late President Yar'Adua's cabinet was able to explain in coherent terms what Seven Point Agenda stands for.

3. Electricity: Mr. Yar'Adua's promise to improve the country's paralyzed energy sector did not materialize. The power supply became further deteriorated during his tenure.

4. Corruption: His other top priority, tackling corruption, became only a vague idea that was neither pursued nor practiced because Mr. Yar'Adua was surrounded by moneybags politicians like former Delta State governor James Ibori who was accused of looting his State treasury. In order to prevent the arrest of people like Ibori, Nuhu Ribadu the head of the country's anti-graft agency, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, was removed by Yar'Adua and forced into exile with his life in danger and a puppet called Fazida Waziri was appointed to head the organization.


5. Electoral reforms: Mr. Yar'Adua promise to reform the country's electoral system to prevent future ballot stuffing and poll rigging became stalled as a result of his debilitating health issues. Also it was unclear whether he could have fulfilled this pledge since he was a beneficiary of a fraudulent election.

6. Infrastructure: Nigeria's infrastructure lacks maintenance and became further deteriorated during Yar'Adua's tenure. According to a US Department of State report about Nigeria, of the 80,500 kilometers (50,000mi.) of roads, more than 15,000 kilometers (10,000mi.) are officially paved, but many remain in poor shape. These bad roads are often prone to accidents, bandits became kings of the highways, and people were being robbed in broad daylight on Nigerian roads.

7. Education: Mr. Yar'Adua was Nigeria's first elected Head of State and Commander in Chief with a University degree, but sadly Nigeria's education system became worse under his presidency. The Secondary School attendance was only 32% of males, 27% of females, while the literacy level is 40%. Nigerian State owned Universities, often plagued by academic strikes, are ill-funded and ill-equipped to meet the challenges of the twenty first century. Nigerian students only theorize without the practical knowledge and tools to put what they learned in College to good use.

8. Healthcare: Mr. Yar'Adua failed miserably in the health sector. As a President, he traveled abroad for medical treatment like other top politicians do. Nigeria's teaching hospitals are like ghost houses and countless people have died as a result of the country's poor health care system. Life expectancy is 47 years. At the launch of the 2009 State of the World Children Report in Abuja, UNICEF representative, Dr. Soumi Sakai said that one Nigerian woman dies every 10 minutes due to complications from pregnancy and childbirth, while over 500 newborns die daily.


9. Sectarian violence & Religious Unrest: Another area of neglect for Mr. Yar'Adua was his inability to curb religious unrest in the country. We have seen further bloodshed and killing of innocent people, the rise of Boko Haram, and other forms of extremism that were influenced by the importation of Wahhabi-Salafi group from Saudi Arabia into the country in mid 1980s.

10. Niger Delta's Amnesty: One area in which Mr. Yar'Adua is getting much credit was his ability to reduce the tensions in the oil rich Niger Delta through his offer of amnesty to MEND militants.

11. Economy: Nigeria's 2009 budget was $21.3 billion of which recurrent expenditures constitute $11.1 billion, capital expenditures $7 billion, statutory transfers $1.1 billion, and debt service $2billion. Nigeria's inflation in 2009 was 11.5%. The country's GDP growth rate was 4.4%, oil growth was 18%, and non-oil growth 3%. Currency: Naira ( 150 Naira= U.S. $1 as of March 23, 2010)

Mr. Yar'adua's impacts would also be felt in Nigeria's banking sector for better or worse. The Central Bank of Nigeria conducted financial audits of the 24 national banks and discovered 10 of the banks to be undercapitalized. The government replaced many of the failing banks management teams and pumped $6 billion into the sector. Similarly, the Central Bank published the names of prominent loan defaulters in national dailies.


On the other hand, the reforms became short-sighted because credit became largely inaccessible to small-scale businesses, rural communities, real estate sectors, and 65% of the economically active population. Amid accusations of a regionally-driven agenda leveled against Yar'Adua's government and the Central Bank Governor, they weakened the Southern dominance of Nigeria's economy.

Unemployment snowballed under Yar'Adua's presidency and the country's minimum wage was a pittance. This compounded the poverty level in the country and gave rise to prostitution rings and child labor, among other bad vices.

In a country where some families are barely surviving on less than two dollars in a day and others are even homeless, the Nigerian political class and retired military generals who looted the country's treasury are very insensitive to their plight. One of them was the head of President Goodluck Jonathan's Presidential Advisory Committee, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, former Chief of Army Staff. He boasted about how he got a free oil block as a gift from tyrant leader Gen. Sanni Abacha, whom he supported twelve years ago. He recently sold the oil block for a total of $1 billion and made $500 milion as a personal profit from the sale.

Nigeria should be pitied, because a man who is highly insensitive to public anger and with no valuable or fresh ideas about modernity, governance and economics is the head of the Presidential Advisory Committee of President Goodluck Jonathan.


Lt. Gen. Danjuma got his present position so that he could provide the imprint of legitimacy by the military establishment, who did not initially approve of the emergence of Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria's leader.

Nigeria's ruling party's (PDP) unwritten constitution talks about power rotation between the North and the South, but this debate about which region should produce the next president overshadows the critical fundamental questions Nigerians wanted to know such as: "Who is capable of leading the country?


12. Two Steps Backward for Nigerian Women: Mr. Yar'Adua did not use his Presidency to force Sharia States in Northern Nigeria to sign on to the Child Rights Act passed by the country's National Assembly in 2003. One should not forget that Mr. Yar'Adua himself introduced Sharia criminal code as Governor of Katsina State and a woman called Amina Lawal became the focus of international news when she was sentenced to death by stoning for committing adultery by Sharia court, in a decision that was later reversed. No wonder that Senate Minority Whip, Senator Ahmed Sanni Yerima, a former governor of Zamfara State who started the Sharia criminal code, boastfully stated that he is not bound by the

Child Rights Act's provisions because his home State of Zamfara did not domesticate the law and as such, he cannot be accused of violating its provisions. Senator Yerima divorced his 15 year old, fourth wife and married a 13 year old Egyptian girl at a ceremony in Abuja. He was reported to have paid the price of $100,000 for the bride.

13. Foreign Policy. Nigeria's celebrated peace-keeping roles, leadership of ECOWAS, and the country Giant of Africa status all took a back seat under Yar'Adua's presidency.

In a final appraisal of the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's legacy, his regime cast doubt on the ability of Nigerian women to be professionals and compete with men as equals. The President reinforced the stereotype of women as trophy wives when he gave two of his daughters, Zainab and Nafisat, away through arranged marriages as third or fourth wives to the wealthy governors of Kebbi and Bauchi States.


Meanwhile, Mrs. Yar'Adua's scheme to retain power by falsifying information about her dying husband gives Nigerian's a negative view of the office of First Lady, as only for greedy, obnoxious, self serving, and arrogant spouses.

The late Umaru Musa Yar'Adua will be remembered as a good-hearted man, a reluctant candidate who was promised Nigeria's presidency on a platter of gold just like the Second Republic President of Nigeria Alhaji Shehu Shagari who ruled from 1979 to 1983. Both Yar'Adua and Shagari were mediocre, obscure, and insecure politicians of their days with no aspirations for higher office of the land. But one man who is regarded as a key player in Nigerian affairs is Olusegun Obasanjo, who ruled the country as both military and civilian Head of State. He set them up to run for office so that he could become a proxy ruler behind the scene. The consequences of both actions are the dirge songs of a Nigerian nation that could be in peril.

In the Quran: Sura XCIX, 7- Allah said that he will be the one to reward the good doers and to punish the evil doers.

"He who does an atom's weight of good will see it, and he who does an atom's weight of evil will see it. May God repose the soul of Alhaji Shehu Musa Yar'Adua.

But Buharry is a Mediocre Emeritus

Yaradua was one of the most criticised presidential candidate by Igbos in the history of Nigeria.

They called him
sickler
slowpoke
They wished him dead even when he was alive.

Niger delta and other militants sprung up in the SS and SE when he emerged the president. Yaradua was looked down upon only to out performed Jonathan.

Yaradua only became hero when Jonathan performed less to expectation unlike yaradua.

Look this is not about Buhari. Nigeria never have good leader and we must agree with that.

successmatters:
But Buharry is a Mediocre Emeritus

But the same igbos are still praising him.

Mraphel:
Yaradua was one of the most criticised presidential candidate by Igbos in the history of Nigeria.

They called him
sickler
slowpoke
They wished him dead even when he was alive.

Niger delta and other militants sprung up in the SS and SE when he emerged the president. Yaradua was looked down upon only to out performed Jonathan.

Yaradua only became hero when Jonathan performed less to expectation unlike yaradua.

Truth. I have always told anyone who care to listen in my closet

Na small children dem go dey tell Nigeria history.
PDP was the worst thing to have ever happened to Nigeria.

They wer both better than the failure called bubu

When you see APC moronic thread, you just have to yawn and walk away.

At op get a life please, at least during yaradua regime we enjoyed 65/litre petrol and Nigeria was really working

Mraphel:
Yaradua was one of the most criticised presidential candidate by Igbos in the history of Nigeria.

They called him
sickler
slowpoke
They wished him dead even when he was alive.

Niger delta and other militants sprung up in the SS and SE when he emerged the president. Yaradua was looked down upon only to out performed Jonathan.

Yaradua only became hero when Jonathan performed less to expectation unlike yaradua.

No it was the Yoruba people that was abusing Turai even when they knew her husband was sick
Chief Obansajo at a time went to mock yardua ..

Pls don’t twist history..
Nigerians understand Yoruba more than Yoruba understand themselves.

your pattern don stale

sweerychick:
When you see APC moronic thread, you just have to yawn and walk away.

At op get a life please, at least during yaradua regime we enjoyed 65/litre petrol and Nigeria was really working

65 naira p/L with scarcity every 3 months

OP is a certified APC moronic zombie. Idiot!

It's very annoying to exchange word with people like this.

sweerychick:
When you see APC moronic thread, you just have to yawn and walk away.

At op get a life please, at least during yaradua regime we enjoyed 65/litre petrol and Nigeria was really working

Mraphel:
Yaradua was one of the most criticised presidential candidate by Igbos in the history of Nigeria.

They called him
sickler
slowpoke
They wished him dead even when he was alive.

Niger delta and other militants sprung up in the SS and SE when he emerged the president. Yaradua was looked down upon only to out performed Jonathan.

Yaradua only became hero when Jonathan performed less to expectation unlike yaradua.

Lair, shame on you!

The Igbos supported him greatly for he was a man of rule of law. He undid a lot of injustices meted to Igbos esp by the OBJ administration.

Ibeto cement factory was reopened. Yaradua even acknowledged the unfair treatment done to Ibeto that he gave him import waivers to cover up damages. Even to the chagrin of Dangote who challenged the order in court.

He began working for Alamesigha's case to be transferred to Nigeria, so he can grant him presidential pardon. For he saw Alams was witch hunted by OBJ, though of them were corrupt. He wanted sanity.

He gave ND militants amnesty, for he saw that they had been treated unfairly. His Islamist brothers starred Boko Haram, thinking he would support them, he fought them to extinction.

He was a liberal Fulani moslem. This was the main reason the Fulani islamist Mafia hated him.

Biafra agitators then, Massob wasn't getting attention from people because their wasn't anything to agitate for again. He has corrected a lot of evils OBJ started.

He was correcting a lot of lopsidies in federal service like postings and promotions in the Army, police etc. much to the annoyance of the islamist.

Stop twisting arguments. Igbos love him, He loved everyone. He wasn't partial.

johnmartus:
YarAdua is a bad leader and he has nothing to offer Nigerians. He spent 3years on the seat shouting 7 point Agenda without executing one point till his death.

In the Quran: Sura XCIX, 7- Allah said that he will be the one to reward the good doers and to punish the evil doers.

Wicked beings, Keep showing your selves. You are a Fulani jihardist.

You are angry your brother was a liberal Muslim that didn't play your Islamist agenda ball and you poisoned him.

Buhari has done his worst already. Ruga didn't sail through. Self defense is getting awakened in Nigerians. I pity you ordinary herdsmens defending him. You will all bear the brunt in due time. Keep supporting evil.

I will entertain your madness when you fully ready to defend your ineffective called president.

Supan:



Wicked beings Keep showing your selves.

Mynd44 Lalasticala seun can you please move this to front page?

johnmartus:
I will entertain your madness when you fully ready to defend your ineffective called president.

Who is your president? Are you denying him now? Keep supporting him. You think you can use Buhari to claim pple's land.

It is still early to show ur herdsmen the road to Funtua Jalon... Tell them to start packing their bags and luggage from pple's land. Their plans has failed.

Inflexibility is the hallmark of the Tiny Mind.

However, Believe me, I don't want to make a mockery out of you. Why should I take all the credit? At least you are not obnoxious like so many other people you are obnoxious in a different and worse way!

Anyone who told you to be yourself couldn't have given you worse advice. You called me fulani jihad Because my opinion. Tell me who is Buhari a yoruba man from oyo while yaradua is a pure fulani man from sokoto do you know the differences between the two now..

Many problems confronting us as a nation today was instigated by so called Musa yar'adua. I have already stated it on my write up there.

Supan:


Wicked beings, Keep showing your selves. You are a Fulani jihardist.

You are angry your brother was a liberal Muslim that didn't play your Islamist agenda ball and you poisoned him.

Buhari has done his worst already. Ruga didn't sail through. Self defense is getting awakened in Nigerians. I pity you ordinary herdsmens defending him. You will all bear the brunt in due time. Keep supporting evil.

johnmartus:

Many problems confronting us as a nation today was instigated by so called Musa yar'adua. I have already stated it on my write up there.

Pls what are these problems? Can you state them briefly. You wrote a book there with no point to buttress your argument.

How was security under Yaradua? Where they herdsmen, BH, Militants etc?

Did he witch hunt pple with state agent like DSS, efcc, icpc?

He was so much criticised by pdp and oppositions... Was there freedom of speech? Did he gag the press?

You are right and The Igbos Bleeped them off.

successmatters:
But Buharry is a Mediocre Emeritus

Different 'cos he is a deaf and mad guerrilla aiki soja.

Useless talk.

orisa37:





Different 'cos he is a deaf and mad guerrilla aiki soja.

Let's all gather here to blame afonja for this

Which of the Nigeria's presidents since 1999 isn't a mediocre?

The worst of them is Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan.

The man who allowed a bunch of women to take over his government.

The man who had to get himself tipsy with alcohol before he could address a crowd.

Nigerians love mediocrity that's why most of them still celebrate Jonathan.

Yar'Adua, despite his illness was still by far the best of the mediocres.

He had already defeated Boko Haram before Nigeria decided to curse herself with the reign of Badluck Jonothing.

It has gone downhill from there.

Mraphel:
Yaradua was one of the most criticised presidential candidate by Igbos in the history of Nigeria.

They called him
sickler
slowpoke
They wished him dead even when he was alive.

Niger delta and other militants sprung up in the SS and SE when he emerged the president. Yaradua was looked down upon only to out performed Jonathan.

Yaradua only became hero when Jonathan performed less to expectation unlike yaradua.

Arrewa how can you compare Shagari and Yaradua to the worst President in the history of Nigeria Buhari. This your reverse psychology of pushing the buck on the igbos is stale. This is the real situation of the north under Mai Gaskiya your God. Buhari is a mistake that should never of happened. Take a look at the north under President Mumuhadu Buhadaft

Mr Lifeless has brought lifelessness and untold sufferings from shit hole Daura into other parts of the country.
Shagari and Yar’adua will always remain in the heart of the Igbos. Never you compare these patriots to your lifeless god.
This is how Mumuhadu Buhadaft has reduced the north. The founder of Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen.

Those who foisted Buhari on Nigerians would never know peace. The north must apologize to the south for dragging this country backwards.

Yaradua was too sick for the position of presidency. He tried to avoid it but the greedy Obasanjo pulled him and forced him on the nation.

Yaradua was a good and competent person to lead the country but the sickness didn't allow him.

Obasanjo is a nuisance.

Sheu shagari was weak but was not corrupt.
Shagari was better as president than all those corrupt generals combined.

The greedy generals overthrew him to steal billions of dollars.

The military armed robbers.
The military was the worst thing ever happened to Nigeria.

Ok