DropShot:
It’s exactly one year that the Change government was handed the mantle of leadership of Nigeria for a four-year term. Irrespective of what anyone’s political leaning is, it’s very appropriate to measure the performance of PMB and his government as objectively as one can be. As a believer and supporter of this government, I have done some articles in the past to show support for the administration. Let see how our change managers have fared in the past one year.

The Positives

1. Successful implementation of TSA
The great idea to bring all government revenues under the umbrella of a unified single account known as treasury single account was birthed by Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. But for some political reasons, GEJ was not able to implement the program. Since coming of PMB, implementation of the TSA was one of the first orders he gave and we now know that the implementation has saved Nigeria up to N3 trillion that hitherto would have been kept in different government’s accounts from where the politicians could do as they wish with such monies. I think the president has done well here and I score him 8/10.

2. Reduction in cost of governance and blocking of wastages
In the past, it was not uncommon to read that as many as 200 or 300 delegates accompanied the president on international trips. Since the coming of PMB, such numbers have been reduced to 20s and 30s even on the most important of trips.
PMB has also stopped the practice of government sponsoring private persons on holy pilgrimage thereby saving the nation some millions of dollars in the process. Last year alone, the FG saved over $1 million by not sponsoring people on Haj. Some states later followed this line.
By reducing the number of ministries from 48 to 24, the FG has surely been able to save some monies that could have been spent on overhead costs. The president scores 7/10 here.

3. Appreciable success in the fight against BHT
No doubt this has to be one of the major achievements of PMB in his first year in office. Even though Boko Haram Terrorists group remain a threat to Nigeria’s security, it’s surely not as potent and as formidable as it was when the president took over as many of the terrorists have been killed while many towns and villages have been liberated by the Nigerian Army. This success has given renewed hope to the possibility of rescuing some of the Chibok Girls (if not all) from their captors. I score him 7/10 here.

4. Stemming the tide of corruption and prosecution of past corruption cases
Another signature achievement of PMB is the success being achieved in the fight against corruption. No matter how we dice it, we all know that corruption is responsible for the comatose state of our affairs. It was corruption that stalled our development as a giant of Africa. Since PMB’s coming, corruption has been given a bloodied nose even though there is still plenty of work to do. In addition to that, government officials now understand that they cannot engage in impunity and corrupt practices without getting punished.

We will have a better appreciation of the success of the government’s fight on corruption when the president finally reveals how much has been retrieved from past looters during his address to the nation tomorrow but we know the recovered monies run into billions of naira. Fingers crossed. Another 7/10 here.


5. Improved relationship with the outside diplomatic world
Despite criticism of his numerous travel abroad, discerning minds now know that Nigeria is gradually regaining her battered image in the comity of nations. The president had been recognized guest in many very important international functions where his efforts were recognized as well. It is our hope that by the time PMB completes his first tenure, our image will have been further improved globally. He scores 6/10 here.


The Negatives

1. Failure to reduce number of presidential airplanes
Despite largely reducing cost of governance, it is absurd and annoying that PMB has not deemed it necessary to cut the number of presidential jets from 11 (?) to six or five. This runs contrary to his stand before becoming president and there cannot be any justification for keeping such large fleet of money-gulping planes. I hope the president sees reasons to reduce the fleet as a matter of necessity and in line with his frugal image. His score here is 0/10.

2. Indecisive in tackling Niger Delta Avengers and other militants
The president has been indecisive in bringing the ND Avengers and other militants under control such that their criminal activities have reduced daily oil production from 2.2 million bpd to about 1.6 million bpd.
Why announcing that the militants will be treated as terrorists when in fact you had not made up your mind on how to treat them? To sum it up, I have not seen the carrots neither have I seen the sticks. Like I said in one of my posts, should the militants succeed in crippling the economy of Nigeria, I will not blame them and their supporters. The blame will go to the Chief Security Officer of the country, who is responsible for securing our lives and properties just as GEJ took the blame for BHT. I score him 3/10 here.

3. Worsened economic situation
No doubt the president inherited a badly damaged economy. But the fact is, if the economy was doing fine he would not have won the election. In other words, the president and his VP were elected to find solutions to the myriads of challenges facing the country. So, by all means necessary, we expect PMB and his team to solve the economic problems and not to give excuses why they can’t tackle them. EOD.
Cost of almost everything has doubled or more than double since beginning of this year. I am not sure Nigerians can go like this for another one year without people dropping dead on the streets. So, the president must find the urgent solutions to resolve the crisis bedeviling the economy NOW. Nigerians need improved electricity, availability of goods and services at reasonable prices, job opportunities for the unemployed, etc. Here the president scores 3/10.

4. Handling Fulani Herdsmen Criminality
This issue of Fulani herdsmen is as old as the entity called Nigeria. However, it has assumed a more alarming dimension since beginning of this year. The security agencies, under the commandment of our C in C have not lived up to expectations. Just as with the ND Avengers and other terrorists, the president has remained hesitant and indecisive with how to deal with them. I score him 3/10.

5. Absence of solid programs at diversifying the economy
Past regimes paid lip service to diversification of the economy away from the largely oil-dependent to one that depends on multiple sources of income. Though we have seen the provisions in the budget that signifies that PMB will diversify the economy, however we have not seen necessary activities unveiling to support such provisions. For the fact that it normally takes time to diversify the economy and the fact that the budget was only signed in May, I will score the president 4/10 here.

So, by my analysis, the president has managed to score 48 out of 100. Not a good result in my opinion but he still has three more years to turn things around.

Your objective opinion is welcome.

4/10 is 40% not 48% please.

GudluckIBB:
God bless you for this analysis.

Your analysis is flawed by false representations and never opined you have an open mind.

SleekAboki:
Don't be surprised that after all this media drama, Dasuki walks free.

Why not? He will not only walk free but will b celebrated by his kinsmen including Buhari.

fulanimafia:


What part of my post do you want clarified?

It is quite pathetic that APC had set the train moving, all they need to do now is to fold their hands and watch in fact pray that they are not disgraced. True Saraki has more than 9 diehards in Senate. It's unfortunate.

angels09:
wanking on ur head is a nice prospect.

Hoping d Army is not conjuring it's usual mess.

DONSMITH123:
Must you insult him?

l hope the man has the liver to do even more.

AyamConfidence:

I guess it's an exposition. I will verify for permanence sake.

aaronson:
I just hope other governors follow suit, rendering religion and its holidays irrelevant is the beginning of a thinking society towards development and advancement.

The man isn't honest .Can he advance reasons why he closed down schools in July last year and 3rd term for that matter .I pity El Rufai. He is never straight.

adedam007:

A nation without conscience shame

[quote author=Bekwarra post=43490864]In the past week, the television, print and social media was awashed with news of murderous Fulani herdsmen who unleashed terror on hapless Agatu people in their communities, killing and maiming hundreds of them, rendering thousands homeless and taking over their land. I don't know if I'm not well informed but despite the fact that information gathering is an important part of my life, I'm yet to come across any message from the Federal Government condemning in "strong" terms these murderous herdsmen. When I saw the pictures that tell a million stories of the gory tales which were the lots of the Agatu people over the past week, I couldn't but mourn heavily inside of me. I hate no Nigerian people but I dislike some. President Muhammadu Buhari needs to stop his hypocrisy and be a real man. Talking about insurgency in the northeast, he's ever ready to hang it on the effects of climate change in the Lake Chad Basin. Now to the murderous Fulani herdsmen, the rhetoric of the president has always been to blame it on climate change, desertification and the likes.

This news on this link leaves a sour taste in the mouth www.nairaland.com/2970824/fg-imports-grasses-brazil-grazing. I read it properly and the only thing I saw their was the effort by the FG to grow grasses for the herdsmen and nothing about bringing the perpetrators to book, getting justice for the Agatu people and stopping the madness of the Fulani herdsmen across the country. The same government that is campaigning to us to buy naija to grow the naira is now wasting our "low" foreign reserves to import grasses for herdsmen when businessmen with legitimate business are unable to access forex. We are now being given the impression that Fulanis are sacred cows and are untouchable. Thousands have been killed since the advent of this government and I'm not sure up to 10 Fulanis have been brought to justice (correct me with facts if I'm wrong). Ese Oruru was abducted and with various reports pieced together, the abductor had the blessing of traditional rulers and village heads and the law enforcement agents watched on helplessly while the guy paraded his war booty around the village.

Everything the Buhari government has done so far is to provide jejune knuckle-dragging excuses for herdsmen-farmers clash around the country. Whenever IPOB protester hit the streets in the east, you see law enforcement agents flexing their muscles and using them as target practice while they become paralysed when Fulanis are on rampage. The FG always comes out to condemn IPOB youths in strong terms while looking for excuses to paper over the animalistic behaviour of the Fulani herdsmen. IPOB protesters are criminals challenging the government while Fulani herdsmen are victims of desertification in the north that is reducing the grazing areas and pushing them southwards. Humanity supercedes ethnicity, we are humans first and foremost and I abhor and hate with passion people that kill fellow human beings with reckless abandon.

My Yoruba brothers are more concerned about Igbos and went berserk with happiness when soldiers and policemen were killing them in the east during protests, I think we've gotten our own share in Mile 12 when soldiers and policemen connived with their northern brothers to wreak havoc and switch the momentum back to their side. When it comes to Yoruba race, I remove political party affiliation totally, my people come first before any political party.

I'm not holding brief for the Igbos although my girlfriend is Igbo, she calls me ofe nmanu and Yoruba person and I reply her every time with "your people wey their pikin they use sliding tackle wake their papa nko? Silly stone eaters." The Igbo man might be insolent, proud, boastful and revel in chest-beating but he's not violent, I prefer him to the murderous and blood-thirsty Hausa-Fulani man.

This is not APC/PDP thingy (in fact God punish them both), but our Federal Government must stop this double standard.[/quo welcome on board.

UrennaNkoli:
The best leader Nigeria could ever have had and the best thing to have ever come out of the congregation of scammers, thieves, charlatans and gluttons called PDP. Rest In perfect peace Musa.

This display of hatred na wao

bellassimo:
I met a man online 5 weeks ago.As with online relationships, I withheld info and told him the age I have on my id and not my real age.I never expected the relationship to go anywhere, but we fell in love quickly we are even planning marriage. He has found out the truth about my age and is taking it badly.he compares me to his ex who he claims is a great liar and had refused to forgive me.He is doubting everything I ever told him about me and is ignoring me.I have apologized and explained to no avail.we are meeting for the first time next weekend, but he has changed totally. He ignores my calls and msgs and I can't eat or sleep. I love this man and want to be with him.I'd it fair that he has refused to accept my explanation? Its not as if I just picked the age from the air, its the age in my ids.how do I remedy this situation? Do I keep begging him? He doesn't even read msgs.this is his first on line relationship ( to the best of my knowledge) but this is not my first online relationship and I was just being cautious cos I have had my fingers burnt online before. What do i do? I am confused.He is a 43 yr old divorcee with 3 teenagers.I am turning 35 this yr( i don't look it though) i told him i was 32 yrs old.I need advice before I go crazy.why is this age issue such a big thing for him.has he got another woman? I am confused
We live in different places but I plan on going to see him next week .I am confused right now.Help!
P:s- it wasn't a random connection online, a mutual friend linked us up because he wants to settle down and I also want to settle down.She decided to connect both of us.We are going to meet and date face to face for sometime before getting married.
I am not desperate even at this age.I have had my fair share of heartbreaks. God makes everything beautiful in his time.this is not about the marriage, its about clearing my name first.Most people living outside Naija have "football" ages on their passports and other ids.I am not trying to justify myself but he found out the truth from me.I could have kept on lying if I really wanted to but seeing how serious we have become, I owned up when he asked.

Run as fast as you can . Thank ur God and move on . if he forgives u , you never meet his expectations. Divorcee mba

senier007:
The Presidency has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari has an economic management team. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a telephone interview with our correspondent last light.

Akande was reacting to a media report that quoted some economic experts as urging the president to form his economic team. According to him, the economic team of President Buhari has been put in place since the inauguration of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) last November.


 Akande said the economic management team is headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo.  He listed the team’s key members as including the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma; the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun; the Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah; the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godswin Emefiele; and the Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO). He said the composition of the team was not static as Agriculture Minister Audu Ogbe and Information Minister Lai Mohammed as well as relevant permanent secretaries have also been involved.

The vice president’s aide said the team had since been meeting and engaging representatives of the private sector.

He noted that unlike what obtained in the past, Buhari’s administration did not make anybody from the private sector a member of the economic management team.

The vice president’s spokesman also exclusively told our correspondent that President Buhari had appointed Dr. Oluyemi Dipeolu as his Special Adviser on Economic Matters.  He said the economic adviser, who was until his appointment in January a director in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), has been working with the economic management team.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/presidency-unveils-buhari-s-economic-team/135566.html#ihkVDwQAzxibuwGB.99

The team is not ok get the right guys to replace the likes of lai Mohammed.

vizkiz:
make them stop to dey post snake pictures for nairaland now. This isn't reptile land for furck sake!

Na true abeg

His appointment negates political arithmetical pedagogical follow up .

Na wao. is the vacation over ? Na welcome abi na to ask when u de journey again Baba Go slow.

Great

9jacrip:
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If gold is there why not. This will help in Nigria's stride 2 diversify it's source of wealth.