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Do not blame anybody for your mistakes and failures (Bernard Baruch)
When you blame others, you give up your power to change (Robert Anthony)
Don't measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability (John Wooden)
Leadership is based on inspiration, not domination; on cooperation, not intimidation (William Arthur Wood)
I am the most abused and insulted president in the world, but when I leave office you will all remember me for the total freedom you enjoyed under my government (Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan)
overnance should be a continuous process; so instead of Buhari blaming his predecessor, due to his own clueless, he should be building upon the policies he inherited. Afterall, despite all efforts made by Buhari and his APC to portray President Jonathan as having achieved nothing, the incumbent Ministers for Power, Housing and Works, and, that of Agriculture told Nigerians that Jonathan did very well in the areas of power generation and distribution, in road constructions, and in agriculture. To be precise, on Wednesday, 11th November, 2015, Fashola lauded the achievements of the immediate past President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, on the construction of roads. Fashola, during his first news conference tagged "Setting the Agenda for Delivering Change", said that the immediate past President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has constructed more roads than any president ever in Nigeria. He further acknowledged that the Transformation in the power sector is above 50 %, and that he would try to build on it.
Just like Mr. Oluo D'Oracle, I said it repeatedly that the lust to get rid of Jonathan was not as a result of performance, it was merely the concoction of a group of individuals who could not believe that power had left their table, as they could no longer play god to other Nigerians, together with the conspiracy of the Western World which could not come to terms with the economic and political misfortune of having Nigeria and Africa become truly independent.
Instead of Buhari to continue from where his predecessor stopped, he is taking Nigeria back to the dark ages, and that was in line with the words of Late Dr. Mwalimu Julius Nyerere (1922-1999), who rightly envisaged Nigeria's future, when he said; "Nigeria has chronically chosen to be moving steadily back to the cave, when its counterparts and peers of 60s and 70s are busy finding their ways into the orbit or Moon". Who can dispute this obvious fact, when, due to Buhari's cluelessness, the United Airlines, instead of expanding its routes to Nigeria and Africa, has stopped flying to Nigeria as from this month (June, 2016), ending the carrier's only route to Africa due to the weakness in the energy sector and difficulties in collecting money from tickets it sold in the country. We're told that Nigeria has restricted the amount of money that can be moved abroad after the global slump in oil prices depleted the government's U.S. currency reserves.
The country owes airlines about $575 million in air fares as of March 31, according to the International Air Transport Association. The United Airline's spokesman said that "Repatriation has been a significant issue, as has been the downturn in the energy sector". The last flight was on June 30. Just like United, Iberia, a Spanish Carrier, has also left (the Madrid-based Iberia halted flights on May 12 to Lagos "due to very difficult operating circumstances and dwindling passenger numbers), and some other foreign airlines will also be leaving. The African Examiner quoted Bloomberg that "British Airways is evaluating its routes to Nigeria, as the carrier struggles to repatriate its share of the $575 million that Nigeria currently owes to airlines globally from tickets sold in the country. The British Airways said that "Exiting Nigeria is a very big decision" and "not taken lightly" following its 80 years of operations in the country. The International Air Transport Association Chief Executive Officer, Tony Tyler, met with Nigerian Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, last week, and he warned that Lagos could lose its role as a hub to West Africa.
There's a pattern here whenever Buhari is at the helm in Nigeria: When he was the head of state, the story was the same, as he only succeeded in killing the economy, which forced most of the multi-nationals operating in Nigeria then to leave. Before Buhari became the head of state in 1983, most of the S+P 500 index companies, the world biggest or largest companies, were all operating in Nigeria. And by the time he was overthrown in 1985, three quarter of them had left Nigeria due to his inept economic policies and unfavorable operating conditions. Many Nigerians lost their job and means of livelihood then. Now, history is repeating itself. We also know that many foreign companies have either packed out of Nigeria or have downsized their local workforce. Now, just like when he was the head of state, unemployment, hardship, sufferings and hunger are rife in the land. When Goodluck Jonathan was president many had job, we had power supply no matter how erratic, we had fuel, we had food, but now, all these are gone, and yet the government imports grass to feed the northern cattle when people are hungry. Who can doubt that this government is confused? With all these, are we not moving back to the cave while our mates are trying seriously to conquer other planets or frontiers of knowledge?
This government, on Wednesday, May 19, raised alarm that Nigeria is broke and that the economy is on the brink of total collapse. According to the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, the new fuel hike from N86.50 to N145 happened because Nigeria is broke. The minister said that Nigeria's foreign earning had dwindled, and that it became apparent for the government to look inward, and part of that was the hike in fuel. In his words: "it is not about subsidy removal. It is about the fact that Nigeria is broke. The economy is shrinking, so, the Federal government does not have foreign exchange to import fuel".
So, the government overburdens the people in order to shore up its revenue base. So, the people have to be overtaxed for the government to raise funds? Does this government know that its duty or obligation is to alleviate the hardship and sufferings the people are going through, and not to compound them? The government claiming to be broke should have told us the details of so far recovered loot and the names of the looters. That was what Nigerians were expecting from President Buhari's Democracy Day speech, because, that was what he promised to do, but, like every other promise he made, he reneged, making one to ask which promise he can ever keep. This government says it's broke, but, looking at what was handed over to it, President Buhari and co. should tell us what they did with all the monies:
https://elombah.com/index.php/opinion/7418-buhari-s-wasted-365-days-by-chidi-cali
Buhari claims to have achieved 75 things for Nigeria in one year; that's all balderdash. Nigerians haven't seen any good thing from this government. Buhari should tell us if he has made his assets and liabilities public as promised; if maternal and children healthcare services are free as promised; if fuel is selling for N45 per litre as he promised: if N1 is equal to $1 as promised; if three million jobs have been created as promised; if the unemployed youths are now receiving N5,000 stipends every month as promised; if the pupils are getting at least a meal every day as promised; if love, peace and unity are reigning all over Nigeria as promised? Instead of progressing, Nigeria's crude oil production has dropped from about 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) to around 1.4 million bpd due the vandalization of critical oil pipelines by Niger Delta agitators, and as a result, Nigeria has lost its place as Africa's top oil producer to Angola. Are we not moving back to the cave as predicted by Nyerere?
In actual fact, what Buhari and his government have achieved in one year are: foisting of ethnic strife and religious animosity on Nigerians - sowing among the tribes of Nigeria the seeds of discord and confusion; lying and deceiving Nigerians; reneging on promises made to Nigerians; northernizing the Nigerian government; incessant blaming of Goodluck Jonathan for his own cluelessness; globetrotting; ruining the robust economy handed over to him; panicking his political appointees and ministers into deafening silence. I will expatiate upon some of these points here now and in the succeeding parts of this article. Remember that a former presidential candidate and a journalist, Dele Momodu, had on February 28, 2016, flayed what he described as the intimidation of current ministers serving in the Buhari's administration by President Buhari, saying that the ministers fear the president, and, as a result, are not as vibrant as former president Jonathan's ministers. Momodu, while speaking at the first City People Social Media Awards, advised President Buhari not to concentrate only on the anti-corruption probe, as that is bringing a paralyzing fear on his ministers who are too afraid to take any initiative.
Since one year that Buhari became the president, it has been war everywhere in Nigeria: In the North-West, the Shiites are fighting the military; in the North-East, Boko Haram holds the fort; in the North-Central, the Fulani killers are running roughshod over there; in the South-West, kidnappers, ritualists and the Fulani killers are making life hard for the people; In the South-East, the Pro-Biafra agitators have taken over the zone, and have been fighting the security forces to a standstill; and, in the South-South, the militants have gone back into the trenches and to the swamps, destroying oil facilities, and have vowed to make sure that Nigeria produces zero drop of oil by the time they will finish with their destruction. Some people have suggested that Buhari should sort things out with the militants, or, should resign. Because, if the militants achieve their aim, he will go down in history as the worst and last person that ruled an entity called Nigeria.
Everybody who criticizes Buhari or his government have been castigated and termed a traitor. That's not supposed to be a mark of a man who claimed to be a changed democrat, and definitely, that's not the way a man who wants to put things right should be behaving. Buhari should rather get his act together, rather than going after Fayose and others for saying the truth.
Finally here, I do commend or condemn whenever and wherever necessary: While condemning President Buhari for blaming his predecessor for his own incompetence, I'm also commending him for being a man, once, by acknowledging that Goodluck Jonathan is a man of noble mien ( a patriot). President Buhari has said he was shocked when former president Goodluck Jonathan called him to concede defeat while votes were still being counted during the 2015 election. In his words: "When he made that famous call at 4:45 pm and said 'Good evening Mr. President, I have called to congratulate you and I concede defeat', I was silent for quite a while because I was surprised and he said 'did you hear me?".
President Buhari meant that by conceding defeat to him, Jonathan saved Nigeria from grave crisis, as the country would have been in turmoil, if Jonathan had refused to concede defeat. On the other hand, Buhari being surprised that Jonathan conceded to him means that he, Buhari, was not ready for the leadership role, as he was preparing for war with those he trained to "soak the dogs and baboons in blood". But, that phone call from Jonathan disarmed him and his thugs. President Buhari is today floundering helplessly because of his unpreparedness right from the start. One of Buhari's former unrelenting praise-singers, the founder of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has taken Buhari to the laundry, and, he also dismissed his government as incompetent. Mr. Sowore, who's now disappointed with President Buhari's leadership style, was asked by The Punch for his assessment of the Buhari administration in one year and his view about the ruling All Progressives Congress? Sowore said: "I was at President Muhammadu Buhari's inauguration in May 2015. As we left the parade ground I was shocked at the level of unpreparedness of his government. I could tell you for sure that they all went back to bed hoping that someone else was in charge of Nigeria. The All Progressives Congress political party that is in power is the number 4th faction of the highly fragment(ed) People's Democratic Party. In a nutshell the regime is highly disorganised and reeks of incompetence. Unfortunately, they still enjoy some goodwill from Nigerians".
To be continued!
TIT BITS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsWEyhjv1Vo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-37y9GhAA0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQa-Xb-A6w&list=RD8g3KnZpzGwA&index=2
THE THANX IS ALL YOURS!!!
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